base class for Monte Carlo engines More...
#include <ql/pricingengines/mcsimulation.hpp>
Public Types | |
| typedef MonteCarloModel< MC, RNG, S >::path_generator_type | path_generator_type |
| typedef MonteCarloModel< MC, RNG, S >::path_pricer_type | path_pricer_type |
| typedef MonteCarloModel< MC, RNG, S >::stats_type | stats_type |
| typedef MonteCarloModel< MC, RNG, S >::result_type | result_type |
Public Member Functions | |
| result_type | value (Real tolerance, Size maxSamples=QL_MAX_INTEGER, Size minSamples=1023) const |
| add samples until the required absolute tolerance is reached | |
| result_type | valueWithSamples (Size samples) const |
| simulate a fixed number of samples | |
| result_type | errorEstimate () const |
| error estimated using the samples simulated so far | |
| const stats_type & | sampleAccumulator () const |
| access to the sample accumulator for richer statistics | |
| void | calculate (Real requiredTolerance, Size requiredSamples, Size maxSamples) const |
| basic calculate method provided to inherited pricing engines | |
Protected Member Functions | |
| McSimulation (bool antitheticVariate, bool controlVariate) | |
| virtual ext::shared_ptr< path_pricer_type > | pathPricer () const =0 |
| virtual ext::shared_ptr< path_generator_type > | pathGenerator () const =0 |
| virtual TimeGrid | timeGrid () const =0 |
| virtual ext::shared_ptr< path_pricer_type > | controlPathPricer () const |
| virtual ext::shared_ptr< path_generator_type > | controlPathGenerator () const |
| virtual ext::shared_ptr< PricingEngine > | controlPricingEngine () const |
| virtual result_type | controlVariateValue () const |
Static Protected Member Functions | |
| template<class Sequence > | |
| static Real | maxError (const Sequence &sequence) |
| static Real | maxError (Real error) |
Protected Attributes | |
| ext::shared_ptr< MonteCarloModel< MC, RNG, S > > | mcModel_ |
| bool | antitheticVariate_ |
| bool | controlVariate_ |
base class for Monte Carlo engines
Eventually this class might offer greeks methods. Deriving a class from McSimulation gives an easy way to write a Monte Carlo engine.
See McVanillaEngine as an example.