GeneralizedHullWhite Class Reference

Generalized Hull-White model class. More...

#include <ql/experimental/shortrate/generalizedhullwhite.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for GeneralizedHullWhite:

Classes
class	Dynamics
	Short-rate dynamics in the generalized Hull-White model. More...
class	FittingParameter
	Analytical term-structure fitting parameter \( \varphi(t) \). More...

Public Member Functions
	GeneralizedHullWhite (const Handle< YieldTermStructure > &yieldtermStructure, const std::vector< Date > &speedstructure, const std::vector< Date > &volstructure, const std::vector< Real > &speed, const std::vector< Real > &vol, const ext::function< Real(Real)> &f=ext::function< Real(Real)>(), const ext::function< Real(Real)> &fInverse=ext::function< Real(Real)>())
template<class SpeedInterpolationTraits , class VolInterpolationTraits >
	GeneralizedHullWhite (const Handle< YieldTermStructure > &yieldtermStructure, const std::vector< Date > &speedstructure, const std::vector< Date > &volstructure, const std::vector< Real > &speed, const std::vector< Real > &vol, const SpeedInterpolationTraits &speedtraits, const VolInterpolationTraits &voltraits, const ext::function< Real(Real)> &f=ext::function< Real(Real)>(), const ext::function< Real(Real)> &fInverse=ext::function< Real(Real)>())
ext::shared_ptr< ShortRateDynamics >	dynamics () const
	returns the short-rate dynamics
ext::shared_ptr< Lattice >	tree (const TimeGrid &grid) const
	GeneralizedHullWhite (const Handle< YieldTermStructure > &yieldtermStructure, Real a=0.1, Real sigma=0.01)
ext::shared_ptr< ShortRateDynamics >	HWdynamics () const
Real	discountBondOption (Option::Type type, Real strike, Time maturity, Time bondMaturity) const
	Only valid under Hull-White model.
std::vector< bool >	fixedReversion () const
	vector to pass to 'calibrate' to fit only volatility
Public Member Functions inherited from OneFactorAffineModel
	OneFactorAffineModel (Size nArguments)
virtual Real	discountBond (Time now, Time maturity, Array factors) const
Real	discountBond (Time now, Time maturity, Rate rate) const
DiscountFactor	discount (Time t) const
	Implied discount curve.
Public Member Functions inherited from OneFactorModel
	OneFactorModel (Size nArguments)
ext::shared_ptr< Lattice >	tree (const TimeGrid &grid) const
	Return by default a trinomial recombining tree.
Public Member Functions inherited from ShortRateModel
	ShortRateModel (Size nArguments)
Public Member Functions inherited from CalibratedModel
	CalibratedModel (Size nArguments)
void	update ()
virtual void	calibrate (const std::vector< ext::shared_ptr< CalibrationHelper > > &, OptimizationMethod &method, const EndCriteria &endCriteria, const Constraint &constraint=Constraint(), const std::vector< Real > &weights=std::vector< Real >(), const std::vector< bool > &fixParameters=std::vector< bool >())
	Calibrate to a set of market instruments (usually caps/swaptions) More...
virtual QL_DEPRECATED void	calibrate (const std::vector< ext::shared_ptr< BlackCalibrationHelper > > &, OptimizationMethod &method, const EndCriteria &endCriteria, const Constraint &constraint=Constraint(), const std::vector< Real > &weights=std::vector< Real >(), const std::vector< bool > &fixParameters=std::vector< bool >())
Real	value (const Array &params, const std::vector< ext::shared_ptr< CalibrationHelper > > &)
QL_DEPRECATED Real	value (const Array &params, const std::vector< ext::shared_ptr< BlackCalibrationHelper > > &)
const ext::shared_ptr< Constraint > &	constraint () const
EndCriteria::Type	endCriteria () const
	Returns end criteria result.
const Array &	problemValues () const
	Returns the problem values.
Disposable< Array >	params () const
	Returns array of arguments on which calibration is done.
virtual void	setParams (const Array &params)
Integer	functionEvaluation () const
Public Member Functions inherited from Observer
	Observer (const Observer &)
Observer &	operator= (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 ()
Public Member Functions inherited from Observable
	Observable (const Observable &)
Observable &	operator= (const Observable &)
void	notifyObservers ()
Public Member Functions inherited from AffineModel
virtual Real	discountBondOption (Option::Type type, Real strike, Time maturity, Time bondStart, Time bondMaturity) const
Public Member Functions inherited from TermStructureConsistentModel
	TermStructureConsistentModel (const Handle< YieldTermStructure > &termStructure)
const Handle< YieldTermStructure > &	termStructure () const

Protected Member Functions
Real	a () const
Real	sigma () const
void	generateArguments ()
virtual Real	A (Time t, Time T) const
virtual Real	B (Time t, Time T) const
Real	V (Time t, Time T) const

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from Observer
typedef boost::unordered_set< ext::shared_ptr< Observable > >	set_type
typedef set_type::iterator	iterator
Protected Attributes inherited from CalibratedModel
std::vector< Parameter >	arguments_
ext::shared_ptr< Constraint >	constraint_
EndCriteria::Type	shortRateEndCriteria_
Array	problemValues_
Integer	functionEvaluation_

Detailed Description

Generalized Hull-White model class.

This class implements the standard Black-Karasinski model defined by

\[ d f(r_t) = (\theta(t) - \alpha f(r_t))dt + \sigma dW_t, \]

where \( alpha \) and \( sigma \) are piecewise linear functions.