This book is intended to provide an introduction to the central concepts and quantitative tools for risk management, and simultaneously present some up-todate research results on risk management in the fields of financial investments and logistics planning. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first book covering diverse definitions of risk and quantitative methods for risk management in the fields of finance and logistics. It is designed for self-study by professionals or classroom work at the undergraduate or graduate level for students who have a technical background in engineering, mathematics, or science. This book aims to be informative for researchers whose interests are related to risk management, especially for those in the fields of finance and logistics. The prerequisites for reading this book are relatively modest; the prime requirement is some familiarity with introductory elements of probability theory and optimization techniques.

本书旨在介绍风险管理的核心概念和定量工具，同时介绍金融投资和物流规划领域中有关风险管理的最新研究成果。据我们所知，这是第一本涵盖金融和物流领域风险管理的不同定义和量化方法的书。它是专为专业人士自学或在本科或研究生阶段为具有工程、数学或科学技术背景的学生设计的。这本书的目的是为研究人员谁的兴趣与风险管理，特别是那些在金融和物流领域的信息。阅读这本书的先决条件是相对温和的；基本要求是熟悉概率论和优化技术的入门元素。