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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;template&lt; class &gt; class MC, class RNG, class S = Statistics&gt;<br>
 class QuantLib::McSimulation&lt; MC, RNG, 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" title="base class for Monte Carlo engines">McSimulation</a> gives an easy way to write a Monte Carlo engine.<p>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="4e86ff468be75be1d9ec907a1af3818f"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::path_generator_type" ref="4e86ff468be75be1d9ec907a1af3818f" args="" -->
typedef <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_monte_carlo_model.html">MonteCarloModel</a>&lt; MC,<br>
 RNG, 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="e4588b42428cb979b0fad7369aef51a6"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::path_pricer_type" ref="e4588b42428cb979b0fad7369aef51a6" args="" -->
typedef <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_monte_carlo_model.html">MonteCarloModel</a>&lt; MC,<br>
 RNG, 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="38a0f2b84a876f1da1a5805922d8bb7b"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::stats_type" ref="38a0f2b84a876f1da1a5805922d8bb7b" args="" -->
typedef <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_monte_carlo_model.html">MonteCarloModel</a>&lt; MC,<br>
 RNG, 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_monte_carlo_model.html">MonteCarloModel</a>&lt; MC,<br>
 RNG, S &gt;::result_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>result_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="f5af70b152b72f235dc275464058ef69"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::value" ref="f5af70b152b72f235dc275464058ef69" args="(Real tolerance, Size maxSamples=QL_MAX_INTEGER, Size minSamples=1023) const " -->
result_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_mc_simulation.html#f5af70b152b72f235dc275464058ef69">value</a> (<a class="el" href="group__types.html#g4bdf4bfe76b9ffa6fa64c47d8bfa0c78">Real</a> tolerance, <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a> maxSamples=QL_MAX_INTEGER, <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a> 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="cabb99b71d14507ebd13797c9d904ffc"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::valueWithSamples" ref="cabb99b71d14507ebd13797c9d904ffc" args="(Size samples) const " -->
result_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_mc_simulation.html#cabb99b71d14507ebd13797c9d904ffc">valueWithSamples</a> (<a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a> 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="edf5500bc16aadda7266e3d70e86102c"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::errorEstimate" ref="edf5500bc16aadda7266e3d70e86102c" args="() const " -->
result_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_mc_simulation.html#edf5500bc16aadda7266e3d70e86102c">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="97a9254d199bc4ea4a78d11eaf2d713d"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::sampleAccumulator" ref="97a9254d199bc4ea4a78d11eaf2d713d" 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#97a9254d199bc4ea4a78d11eaf2d713d">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="778f370c51e99a9f99dc8eb03cbe6140"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::calculate" ref="778f370c51e99a9f99dc8eb03cbe6140" 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#778f370c51e99a9f99dc8eb03cbe6140">calculate</a> (<a class="el" href="group__types.html#g4bdf4bfe76b9ffa6fa64c47d8bfa0c78">Real</a> requiredTolerance, <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a> requiredSamples, <a class="el" href="group__types.html#gf38bdb4c54463b1f456655efa95b5c77">Size</a> maxSamples) const </td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">basic calculate method provided to inherited pricing engines <br></td></tr>
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<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>

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

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="014c4e8a7f294e9c447b3a7dec739596"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::pathGenerator" ref="014c4e8a7f294e9c447b3a7dec739596" args="() const =0" -->
virtual boost::shared_ptr<br>
&lt; 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="6ae51c5540a0f80f270a0f9a66eb6df3"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::timeGrid" ref="6ae51c5540a0f80f270a0f9a66eb6df3" 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="0f51bdda15eb669a6b73a9bfa1d5642e"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::controlPathPricer" ref="0f51bdda15eb669a6b73a9bfa1d5642e" args="() const " -->
virtual boost::shared_ptr<br>
&lt; 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="14e616889c4ee17d7e4277952bf85ed0"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::controlPricingEngine" ref="14e616889c4ee17d7e4277952bf85ed0" args="() const " -->
virtual boost::shared_ptr<br>
&lt; <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="dcaeed031f5385c78a0c1214e198b68c"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::controlVariateValue" ref="dcaeed031f5385c78a0c1214e198b68c" args="() const " -->
virtual result_type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>controlVariateValue</b> () const </td></tr>

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<tr><td class="memTemplParams" nowrap colspan="2"><a class="anchor" name="3a733b1b47557db92771eead26aed771"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::maxError" ref="3a733b1b47557db92771eead26aed771" args="(const Sequence &amp;sequence)" -->
template&lt;class Sequence&gt; </td></tr>
<tr><td class="memTemplItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">static <a class="el" href="group__types.html#g4bdf4bfe76b9ffa6fa64c47d8bfa0c78">Real</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memTemplItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>maxError</b> (const Sequence &amp;sequence)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="b8fcdfbea80f9ee9882c197655216b2d"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::maxError" ref="b8fcdfbea80f9ee9882c197655216b2d" args="(Real error)" -->
static <a class="el" href="group__types.html#g4bdf4bfe76b9ffa6fa64c47d8bfa0c78">Real</a>&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><b>maxError</b> (<a class="el" href="group__types.html#g4bdf4bfe76b9ffa6fa64c47d8bfa0c78">Real</a> error)</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="578bfc5052dad419af0dafb920aff02d"></a><!-- doxytag: member="QuantLib::McSimulation::mcModel_" ref="578bfc5052dad419af0dafb920aff02d" args="" -->
boost::shared_ptr<br>
&lt; <a class="el" href="class_quant_lib_1_1_monte_carlo_model.html">MonteCarloModel</a>&lt; MC, RNG, 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="" -->
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