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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, template&lt; class &gt; class MC, class RNG, class S = Statistics&gt;<br>
 class QuantLib::MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine&lt; GenericEngine, MC, RNG, 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>
<dl compact><dt><b><a class="el" href="test.html#_test000091">Tests:</a></b></dt><dd>the correctness of the returned value is tested by reproducing results available in web/literature </dd></dl>
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typedef MC&lt; RNG &gt;::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, RNG,<br>
 S &gt;::stats_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>stats_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, RNG,<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, RNG,<br>
 S &gt;::path_generator_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>path_generator_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="894a2d7f9478542e490dafd0efb8090b"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine::MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine" ref="894a2d7f9478542e490dafd0efb8090b" args="(const boost::shared_ptr&lt; StochasticProcess &gt; &amp;process, 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> (const boost::shared_ptr&lt; <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_stochastic_process.html">StochasticProcess</a> &gt; &amp;process, <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a> timeSteps, <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a> timeStepsPerYear, bool brownianBridge, bool antitheticVariate, bool controlVariate, <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a> requiredSamples, <a class="el" href="group__types.html#g4bdf4bfe76b9ffa6fa64c47d8bfa0c78">Real</a> requiredTolerance, <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a> maxSamples, <a class="el" href="namespace_quant_lib.html#e3df3f13e67885465f4e359b3bffa4e6">BigNatural</a> seed, <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a> nCalibrationSamples=<a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_null.html">Null</a>&lt; <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a> &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<br>
&lt; <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_longstaff_schwartz_path_pricer.html">LongstaffSchwartzPathPricer</a><br>
&lt; path_type &gt; &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>lsmPathPricer</b> () const =0</td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="ac0bc663d50bdc0fd6771bb1ad2481e5"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine::timeGrid" ref="ac0bc663d50bdc0fd6771bb1ad2481e5" args="() const " -->
<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<br>
&lt; path_pricer_type &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>pathPricer</b> () const </td></tr>

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&lt; path_generator_type &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>pathGenerator</b> () const </td></tr>

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boost::shared_ptr<br>
&lt; <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_stochastic_process.html">StochasticProcess</a> &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>process_</b></td></tr>

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const <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>timeSteps_</b></td></tr>

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const <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a>&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>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="7a4398e3334d904c7a7e02133d6cf0e6"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine::requiredSamples_" ref="7a4398e3334d904c7a7e02133d6cf0e6" args="" -->
const <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>requiredSamples_</b></td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="23b4d398d041075802696987e2245fce"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine::requiredTolerance_" ref="23b4d398d041075802696987e2245fce" args="" -->
const <a class="el" href="group__types.html#g4bdf4bfe76b9ffa6fa64c47d8bfa0c78">Real</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>requiredTolerance_</b></td></tr>

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const <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>maxSamples_</b></td></tr>

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const <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>seed_</b></td></tr>

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const <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>nCalibrationSamples_</b></td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="f3ea19d392c85d2d3937d4ac59a0868c"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::MCLongstaffSchwartzEngine::pathPricer_" ref="f3ea19d392c85d2d3937d4ac59a0868c" args="" -->
boost::shared_ptr<br>
&lt; <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_longstaff_schwartz_path_pricer.html">LongstaffSchwartzPathPricer</a><br>
&lt; path_type &gt; &gt;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>pathPricer_</b></td></tr>

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