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<h1>MCVarianceSwapEngine Class Template Reference<br>
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</h1><!-- doxytag: class="QuantLib::MCVarianceSwapEngine" --><!-- doxytag: inherits="QuantLib::VarianceSwap::engine,QuantLib::McSimulation" --><code>#include &lt;ql/pricingengines/forward/mcvarianceswapengine.hpp&gt;</code>
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<h3>template&lt;class RNG = PseudoRandom, class S = Statistics&gt;<br>
 class QuantLib::MCVarianceSwapEngine&lt; RNG, S &gt;</h3>

Variance-swap pricing engine using Monte Carlo simulation,. 
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as described in Demeterfi, Derman, Kamal &amp; Zou, "A Guide to Volatility and Variance Swaps", 1999<p>
<dl compact><dt><b><a class="el" href="todo.html#_todo000040">Possible enhancements:</a></b></dt><dd>define tolerance of numerical integral and incorporate it in errorEstimate</dd></dl>
<dl compact><dt><b><a class="el" href="test.html#_test000087">Tests:</a></b></dt><dd>returned fair variances checked for consistency with implied volatility curve. </dd></dl>
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typedef <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_mc_simulation.html">McSimulation</a><br>
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::path_generator_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>path_generator_type</b></td></tr>

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::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><br>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="a070d9fefe22646927ce86ddbf53a7f5"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::MCVarianceSwapEngine::MCVarianceSwapEngine" ref="a070d9fefe22646927ce86ddbf53a7f5" args="(Size timeSteps, Size timeStepsPerYear, bool brownianBridge, bool antitheticVariate, Size requiredSamples, Real requiredTolerance, Size maxSamples, BigNatural seed)" -->
&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>MCVarianceSwapEngine</b> (<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, <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)</td></tr>

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

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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="02b035f6fcde4fb3cc9964c0518964ae"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::MCVarianceSwapEngine::timeSteps_" ref="02b035f6fcde4fb3cc9964c0518964ae" args="" -->
<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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<a class="el" href="group__types.html#g4bdf4bfe76b9ffa6fa64c47d8bfa0c78">Real</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>requiredTolerance_</b></td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="237ba632601944316deef578c245e825"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::MCVarianceSwapEngine::brownianBridge_" ref="237ba632601944316deef578c245e825" args="" -->
bool&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>brownianBridge_</b></td></tr>

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<a class="el" href="namespace_quant_lib.html#e3df3f13e67885465f4e359b3bffa4e6">BigNatural</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>seed_</b></td></tr>

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