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Commodity Option Price Calculation Using CUDA Parallel Computing: Hydropower Risk Analysis Under Uncertainty In The Chili River Basin

VOLUME 22, 2025

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Julio Cesar Carrasco Bocangel

Abstract

This article develops a model for the calculation of the price of options in commodities using a parallel computing platform based on the CUDA architecture, with the aim of significantly reducing the computational costs associated with the simulation and financial valuation processes. The proposed model is applied to the analysis of hydropower risk under conditions of uncertainty, taking the Chili River basin as a case study.

The methodology used integrates Monte Carlo simulation techniques and valuation of real options using trinomial trees, allowing estimating the prices of the main commodity variables linked to water resources, specifically electricity generation, human consumption and agricultural use. The approach considers the dynamic and stochastic behavior of these variables, as well as the influence of climatic factors generated from a hybrid stochastic model.

Deploying the model in a GPU environment demonstrates a significant acceleration in compute times versus traditional CPU deployments, especially as the complexity of the analysis and the number of nodes in the trinomial tree increases. The results show that the use of parallel computing CUDA is an efficient tool for risk analysis and optimal decision-making in the management of water resources under uncertainty.

Keywords : CUDA parallel computing; real options; commodities; hydropower risk; Monte Carlo simulation; trinomial tree; Chili River Basin.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty