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

base class for Monte Carlo engines 
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Eventually this class might offer greeks methods. Deriving a class from <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_mc_simulation.html">McSimulation</a> gives an easy way to write a Monte Carlo engine.<p>
See McVanillaEngine as an example. 
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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="dd8b7d32c399b0ade8fccac2753af95d"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::path_generator_type" ref="dd8b7d32c399b0ade8fccac2753af95d" args="" -->
typedef <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_monte_carlo_model.html">MonteCarloModel</a>&lt; MC,<br>
 S &gt;::path_generator_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>path_generator_type</b></td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="51b61fcbf010ea1f17c932092f0ede78"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::path_pricer_type" ref="51b61fcbf010ea1f17c932092f0ede78" args="" -->
typedef <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_monte_carlo_model.html">MonteCarloModel</a>&lt; MC,<br>
 S &gt;::path_pricer_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>path_pricer_type</b></td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="94f0296e1af41d995e0f72ce5e997ae4"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::stats_type" ref="94f0296e1af41d995e0f72ce5e997ae4" args="" -->
typedef <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_monte_carlo_model.html">MonteCarloModel</a>&lt; MC,<br>
 S &gt;::stats_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>stats_type</b></td></tr>

<tr><td colspan="2"><br><h2>Public Member Functions</h2></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="efb644d627928b43e12d6fb530249594"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::value" ref="efb644d627928b43e12d6fb530249594" args="(Real tolerance, Size maxSamples=QL_MAX_INTEGER, Size minSamples=1023) const" -->
Real&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_mc_simulation.html#efb644d627928b43e12d6fb530249594">value</a> (Real tolerance, Size maxSamples=QL_MAX_INTEGER, Size minSamples=1023) const</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">add samples until the required absolute tolerance is reached <br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="af5d1d3b621e3b52cb90c0ffb874c122"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::valueWithSamples" ref="af5d1d3b621e3b52cb90c0ffb874c122" args="(Size samples) const " -->
Real&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_mc_simulation.html#af5d1d3b621e3b52cb90c0ffb874c122">valueWithSamples</a> (Size samples) const </td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">simulate a fixed number of samples <br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="7f7b2ee66cf1eca0aecb6f1e65549798"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::errorEstimate" ref="7f7b2ee66cf1eca0aecb6f1e65549798" args="() const" -->
Real&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_mc_simulation.html#7f7b2ee66cf1eca0aecb6f1e65549798">errorEstimate</a> () const</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">error estimated using the samples simulated so far <br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="ae431188883fbe6c0a459e0922e667e7"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::sampleAccumulator" ref="ae431188883fbe6c0a459e0922e667e7" args="(void) const" -->
const stats_type &amp;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_mc_simulation.html#ae431188883fbe6c0a459e0922e667e7">sampleAccumulator</a> (void) const</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">access to the sample accumulator for richer statistics <br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="d5f42177fb934aa1898abe8120e7d8dc"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::calculate" ref="d5f42177fb934aa1898abe8120e7d8dc" args="(Real requiredTolerance, Size requiredSamples, Size maxSamples) const" -->
void&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_mc_simulation.html#d5f42177fb934aa1898abe8120e7d8dc">calculate</a> (Real requiredTolerance, Size requiredSamples, Size maxSamples) const</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">basic calculate method provided to inherited pricing engines <br></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><br><h2>Protected Member Functions</h2></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="b494776b2804de3802deefd3b35e2503"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::McSimulation" ref="b494776b2804de3802deefd3b35e2503" args="(bool antitheticVariate, bool controlVariate)" -->
&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>McSimulation</b> (bool antitheticVariate, bool controlVariate)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="3da1a364eada8736f8c5572cb5530c32"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::pathPricer" ref="3da1a364eada8736f8c5572cb5530c32" args="() const=0" -->
virtual boost::shared_ptr&lt;<br>
 path_pricer_type &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>pathPricer</b> () const=0</td></tr>

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virtual boost::shared_ptr&lt;<br>
 path_generator_type &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>pathGenerator</b> () const=0</td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="fefda0d441664c6e35dc9f6ea9d40486"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::timeGrid" ref="fefda0d441664c6e35dc9f6ea9d40486" args="() const=0" -->
virtual <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=0</td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="716177334611bbf47c511d20d64db66e"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::controlPathPricer" ref="716177334611bbf47c511d20d64db66e" args="() const" -->
virtual boost::shared_ptr&lt;<br>
 path_pricer_type &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>controlPathPricer</b> () const</td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="ff747be777ea28ada3ca195a485eb437"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::controlPricingEngine" ref="ff747be777ea28ada3ca195a485eb437" args="() const" -->
virtual boost::shared_ptr&lt;<br>
 <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_pricing_engine.html">PricingEngine</a> &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>controlPricingEngine</b> () const</td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="bf8c7b7772d00fbb54bddf321b9cee10"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::controlVariateValue" ref="bf8c7b7772d00fbb54bddf321b9cee10" args="() const" -->
virtual Real&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>controlVariateValue</b> () const</td></tr>

<tr><td colspan="2"><br><h2>Protected Attributes</h2></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="3f111449f62c45083e2b87563f70a4a2"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::mcModel_" ref="3f111449f62c45083e2b87563f70a4a2" args="" -->
boost::shared_ptr&lt; <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_monte_carlo_model.html">MonteCarloModel</a>&lt;<br>
 MC, S &gt; &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>mcModel_</b></td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="3f79786890b8283d011bf31f3b325311"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::antitheticVariate_" ref="3f79786890b8283d011bf31f3b325311" args="" -->
bool&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>antitheticVariate_</b></td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="1c27fd78e44f207125a15990d39ad4f5"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::controlVariate_" ref="1c27fd78e44f207125a15990d39ad4f5" args="" -->
bool&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>controlVariate_</b></td></tr>

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