Implicit–explicit Numerical Schemes for Jump–diffusion Processes

We study the numerical approximation of viscosity solutions for Parabolic Integro-Differential Equations (PIDE). Similar models arise in option pricing, to generalize the Black–Scholes equation, when the processes which generate the underlying stock returns may contain both a continuous part and jumps. Due to the non-local nature of the integral term, unconditionally stable implicit difference scheme are not practically feasible. Here we propose to use Implicit-Explicit (IMEX) Runge-Kutta methods for the time integration to solve the integral term explicitly, giving higher order accuracy schemes under weak stability time-step restrictions. Numerical tests are presented to show the computational efficiency of the approximation.