A Computationally Efficient Hybrid Numerical Method for Asian Option Pricing in the Black-Scholes Framework
摘要
This paper proposes a high-order numerical method for pricing arithmetic Asian options under the Black–Scholes PDE framework. The key innovation is the use of a modified fourth-order finite difference scheme to discretize the diffusion term, enhancing spatial accuracy by incorporating both function values and adjacent first derivatives. This formulation is embedded within a cubic B-spline collocation framework, while Crank–Nicolson time integration ensures second-order temporal accuracy. Numerical results confirm the scheme’s stability, consistency, and fourth-order spatial convergence, with a total computational complexity of