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AnalyticBarrierEngine Class Reference

Pricing engine for barrier options using analytical formulae. More...

#include <ql/pricingengines/barrier/analyticbarrierengine.hpp>

+ Inheritance diagram for AnalyticBarrierEngine:

Public Member Functions

 AnalyticBarrierEngine (const ext::shared_ptr< GeneralizedBlackScholesProcess > &process)
 
void calculate () const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from GenericEngine< BarrierOption::arguments, BarrierOption::results >
PricingEngine::arguments * getArguments () const
 
const PricingEngine::results * getResults () const
 
void reset ()
 
void update ()
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from PricingEngine
virtual arguments * getArguments () const =0
 
virtual const results * getResults () const =0
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Observable
 Observable (const Observable &)
 
Observableoperator= (const Observable &)
 
void notifyObservers ()
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Observer
 Observer (const Observer &)
 
Observeroperator= (const Observer &)
 
std::pair< iterator, bool > registerWith (const ext::shared_ptr< Observable > &)
 
void registerWithObservables (const ext::shared_ptr< Observer > &)
 
Size unregisterWith (const ext::shared_ptr< Observable > &)
 
void unregisterWithAll ()
 
virtual void deepUpdate ()
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from Observer
typedef boost::unordered_set< ext::shared_ptr< Observable > > set_type
 
typedef set_type::iterator iterator
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from BarrierOption::engine
bool triggered (Real underlying) const
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from GenericEngine< BarrierOption::arguments, BarrierOption::results >
BarrierOption::arguments arguments_
 
BarrierOption::results results_
 

Detailed Description

Pricing engine for barrier options using analytical formulae.

The formulas are taken from "Option pricing formulas", E.G. Haug, McGraw-Hill, p.69 and following.

Tests:
the correctness of the returned value is tested by reproducing results available in literature.
Examples
Replication.cpp.