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<h1>GenericRiskStatistics Class Template Reference</h1><!-- doxytag: class="QuantLib::GenericRiskStatistics" --><!-- doxytag: inherits="QuantLib::S" --><code>#include &lt;ql/math/statistics/riskstatistics.hpp&gt;</code>
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<h3>template&lt;class S&gt;<br>
 class QuantLib::GenericRiskStatistics&lt; S &gt;</h3>

empirical-distribution risk measures 
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This class wraps a somewhat generic statistic tool and adds a number of risk measures (e.g.: value-at-risk, expected shortfall, etc.) based on the data distribution as reported by the underlying statistic tool.<p>
<dl compact><dt><b><a class="el" href="todo.html#_todo000027">Possible enhancements:</a></b></dt><dd>add historical annualized volatility</dd></dl>
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<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">potential upside (the reciprocal of VAR) at a given percentile  <a href="#7054629fa3befb2fe170756750fc05a5"></a><br></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">expected shortfall at a given percentile  <a href="#d8217a9c215c1fd0674ae4b4357fa035"></a><br></td></tr>
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returns the variance of observations below the mean, <p class="formulaDsp">
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See Markowitz (1959). 
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returns the semi deviation, defined as the square root of the semi variance. 
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returns the variance of observations below 0.0, <p class="formulaDsp">
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returns the downside deviation, defined as the square root of the downside variance. 
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returns the variance of observations below target, <p class="formulaDsp">
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See Dembo and Freeman, "The Rules Of Risk", Wiley (2001). 
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potential upside (the reciprocal of VAR) at a given percentile 
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<dl class="pre" compact><dt><b>Precondition:</b></dt><dd>percentile must be in range [90-100%) </dd></dl>

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value-at-risk at a given percentile 
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<dl class="pre" compact><dt><b>Precondition:</b></dt><dd>percentile must be in range [90-100%) </dd></dl>

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expected shortfall at a given percentile 
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returns the expected loss in case that the loss exceeded a VaR threshold,<p>
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that is the average of observations below the given percentile <img class="formulaInl" alt="$ p $" src="form_38.png">. Also know as conditional value-at-risk.<p>
See Artzner, Delbaen, Eber and Heath, "Coherent measures of risk", Mathematical Finance 9 (1999)<p>
<dl class="pre" compact><dt><b>Precondition:</b></dt><dd>percentile must be in range [90-100%) </dd></dl>

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probability of missing the given target, defined as <p class="formulaDsp">
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 where <p class="formulaDsp">
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averaged shortfallness, defined as <p class="formulaDsp">
<img class="formulaDsp" alt="\[ \mathrm{E}\left[ t-x \;|\; x<t \right] \]" src="form_202.png">
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