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VarianceGammaModel Class Reference

Variance Gamma model. More...

#include <ql/experimental/variancegamma/variancegammamodel.hpp>

+ Inheritance diagram for VarianceGammaModel:

Public Member Functions

 VarianceGammaModel (const ext::shared_ptr< VarianceGammaProcess > &process)
 
Real sigma () const
 
Real nu () const
 
Real theta () const
 
ext::shared_ptr< VarianceGammaProcessprocess () const
 
- 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 ArrayproblemValues () const
 Returns the problem values.
 
Disposable< Arrayparams () 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 &)
 
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 ()
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Observable
 Observable (const Observable &)
 
Observableoperator= (const Observable &)
 
void notifyObservers ()
 

Protected Member Functions

void generateArguments ()
 

Protected Attributes

ext::shared_ptr< VarianceGammaProcessprocess_
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from CalibratedModel
std::vector< Parameterarguments_
 
ext::shared_ptr< Constraintconstraint_
 
EndCriteria::Type shortRateEndCriteria_
 
Array problemValues_
 
Integer functionEvaluation_
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from Observer
typedef boost::unordered_set< ext::shared_ptr< Observable > > set_type
 
typedef set_type::iterator iterator
 

Detailed Description

Variance Gamma model.

References:

Dilip B. Madan, Peter Carr, Eric C. Chang (1998) "The variance gamma process and option pricing," European Finance Review, 2, 79-105

Warning:
calibration is not implemented for VG