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<h1>MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine Class Template Reference</h1><!-- doxytag: class="QuantLib::MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine" --><!-- doxytag: inherits="QuantLib::GenericEngine,QuantLib::McSimulation" --><code>#include &lt;ql/PricingEngines/mclongstaffschwartzengine.hpp&gt;</code>
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<h3>template&lt;class GenericEngine, class MC, class S = Statistics&gt;<br>
 class QuantLib::MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine&lt; GenericEngine, MC, S &gt;</h3>

Longstaff Schwarz Monte Carlo engine for early exercise options. 
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Francis Longstaff, Eduardo Schwartz, 2001. Valuing American Options by Simulation: A Simple Least-Squares Approach, The Review of Financial Studies, Volume 14, No. 1, 113-147<p>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><br><h2>Public Types</h2></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="2a989e9e3925edecef71802a24648d08"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine::path_type" ref="2a989e9e3925edecef71802a24648d08" args="" -->
typedef MC::path_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>path_type</b></td></tr>

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typedef <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_mc_simulation.html">McSimulation</a>&lt; MC,<br>
 S &gt;::stats_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>stats_type</b></td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="13d4683df45c602a0b8e3733a4d2ea1f"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine::path_pricer_type" ref="13d4683df45c602a0b8e3733a4d2ea1f" args="" -->
typedef <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_mc_simulation.html">McSimulation</a>&lt; MC,<br>
 S &gt;::path_pricer_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>path_pricer_type</b></td></tr>

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typedef <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_mc_simulation.html">McSimulation</a>&lt; MC,<br>
 S &gt;::path_generator_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>path_generator_type</b></td></tr>

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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="eb73c0cc56d581a8fc4f8e65b2605871"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine::MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine" ref="eb73c0cc56d581a8fc4f8e65b2605871" args="(Size timeSteps, Size timeStepsPerYear, bool brownianBridge, bool antitheticVariate, bool controlVariate, Size requiredSamples, Real requiredTolerance, Size maxSamples, BigNatural seed, Size nCalibrationSamples=Null&lt; Size &gt;())" -->
&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine</b> (Size timeSteps, Size timeStepsPerYear, bool brownianBridge, bool antitheticVariate, bool controlVariate, Size requiredSamples, Real requiredTolerance, Size maxSamples, BigNatural seed, Size nCalibrationSamples=<a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_null.html">Null</a>&lt; Size &gt;())</td></tr>

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void&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>calculate</b> () const</td></tr>

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virtual boost::shared_ptr&lt;<br>
 <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_longstaff_schwartz_path_pricer.html">LongstaffSchwartzPathPricer</a>&lt;<br>
 path_type &gt; &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>lsmPathPricer</b> () const=0</td></tr>

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<a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_time_grid.html">TimeGrid</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>timeGrid</b> () const</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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boost::shared_ptr&lt; path_generator_type &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>pathGenerator</b> () const</td></tr>

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const Size&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>timeSteps_</b></td></tr>

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const Size&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>timeStepsPerYear_</b></td></tr>

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const bool&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>brownianBridge_</b></td></tr>

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const Size&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>requiredSamples_</b></td></tr>

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const Real&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>requiredTolerance_</b></td></tr>

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const Size&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>maxSamples_</b></td></tr>

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const Size&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>seed_</b></td></tr>

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const Size&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>nCalibrationSamples_</b></td></tr>

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boost::shared_ptr&lt; <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_longstaff_schwartz_path_pricer.html">LongstaffSchwartzPathPricer</a>&lt;<br>
 path_type &gt; &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>pathPricer_</b></td></tr>

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