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<b>QuantLib</b>::<a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_m_c_digital_engine.html">MCDigitalEngine</a></div>
<h1>MCDigitalEngine Class Template Reference<br>
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</h1><!-- doxytag: class="QuantLib::MCDigitalEngine" --><!-- doxytag: inherits="QuantLib::MCVanillaEngine" --><code>#include &lt;ql/PricingEngines/Vanilla/mcdigitalengine.hpp&gt;</code>
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<h3>template&lt;class RNG = PseudoRandom, class S = Statistics&gt;<br>
 class QuantLib::MCDigitalEngine&lt; RNG, S &gt;</h3>

Pricing engine for digital options using Monte Carlo simulation. 
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Uses the Brownian <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_bridge.html">Bridge</a> correction for the barrier found in <em> Going to Extremes: Correcting Simulation Bias in Exotic <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_option.html">Option</a> Valuation - D.R. Beaglehole, P.H. Dybvig and G. Zhou Financial Analysts Journal; Jan/Feb 1997; 53, 1. pg. 62-68 </em> and <em> Simulating path-dependent options: A new approach - M. El Babsiri and G. Noel Journal of Derivatives; Winter 1998; 6, 2; pg. 65-83 </em><p>
<dl compact><dt><b><a class="el" href="test.html#_test000097">Tests:</a></b></dt><dd>the correctness of the returned value in case of cash-or-nothing at-hit digital payoff is tested by reproducing known good results. </dd></dl>

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 RNG &gt;, S &gt;::path_generator_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>path_generator_type</b></td></tr>

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typedef <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_m_c_vanilla_engine.html">MCVanillaEngine</a>&lt; <a class="el" href="struct_quant_lib_1_1_single_variate.html">SingleVariate</a>&lt;<br>
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typedef <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_m_c_vanilla_engine.html">MCVanillaEngine</a>&lt; <a class="el" href="struct_quant_lib_1_1_single_variate.html">SingleVariate</a>&lt;<br>
 RNG &gt;, S &gt;::stats_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>stats_type</b></td></tr>

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&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>MCDigitalEngine</b> (Size timeSteps, Size timeStepsPerYear, bool brownianBridge, bool antitheticVariate, bool controlVariate, Size requiredSamples, Real requiredTolerance, Size maxSamples, BigNatural seed)</td></tr>

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boost::shared_ptr&lt; path_pricer_type &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>pathPricer</b> () const</td></tr>

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