GeneralizedBlackScholesProcess Class Reference

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Public Member Functions
GeneralizedBlackScholesProcess Class Reference
Stochastic processes

Generalized Black-Scholes stochastic process. More...

`#include <ql/processes/blackscholesprocess.hpp>`

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## Public Member Functions
| GeneralizedBlackScholesProcess (const Handle< Quote > &x0, const Handle< YieldTermStructure > &dividendTS, const Handle< YieldTermStructure > &riskFreeTS, const Handle< BlackVolTermStructure > &blackVolTS, const boost::shared_ptr< discretization > &d=boost::shared_ptr< discretization >(new EulerDiscretization))
Time | time (const Date &) const
StochasticProcess1D interface
Real | x0 () const
| returns the initial value of the state variable
Real | drift (Time t, Real x) const
Real | diffusion (Time t, Real x) const
Real | apply (Real x0, Real dx) const
Real | expectation (Time t0, Real x0, Time dt) const
Real | evolve (Time t0, Real x0, Time dt, Real dw) const
Observer interface
void | update ()
Inspectors
const Handle< Quote > & | stateVariable () const
const Handle < YieldTermStructure > & | dividendYield () const
const Handle < YieldTermStructure > & | riskFreeRate () const
const Handle < BlackVolTermStructure > & | blackVolatility () const
const Handle < LocalVolTermStructure > & | localVolatility () const

## Detailed Description

Generalized Black-Scholes stochastic process.

This class describes the stochastic process governed by

## Member Function Documentation

Real drift | ( | Time | t,
|  | Real | x
| ) |  | const`[virtual]`

Possible enhancements:
  revise extrapolation

Implements StochasticProcess1D.

Reimplemented in ExtendedBlackScholesMertonProcess.

Real diffusion | ( | Time | t,
|  | Real | x
| ) |  | const`[virtual]`

Possible enhancements:
  revise extrapolation

Implements StochasticProcess1D.

Reimplemented in ExtendedBlackScholesMertonProcess, and VegaStressedBlackScholesProcess.

Real apply | ( | Real | x0,
|  | Real | dx
| ) |  | const`[virtual]`

applies a change to the asset value. By default, it returns .

Reimplemented from StochasticProcess1D.

Real expectation | ( | Time | t0,
|  | Real | x0,
|  | Time | dt
| ) |  | const`[virtual]`

Warning:
  raises a "not implemented" exception. It should be rewritten to return the expectation E(S) of the process, not exp(E(log S)).

Reimplemented from StochasticProcess1D.

Real evolve | ( | Time | t0,
|  | Real | x0,
|  | Time | dt,
|  | Real | dw
| ) |  | const`[virtual]`

returns the asset value after a time interval according to the given discretization. By default, it returns

where is the expectation and the standard deviation.

Reimplemented from StochasticProcess1D.

Reimplemented in ExtendedBlackScholesMertonProcess.

Time time | ( | const Date & |  | ) | const`[virtual]`

returns the time value corresponding to the given date in the reference system of the stochastic process.

Note:
  As a number of processes might not need this functionality, a default implementation is given which raises an exception.

Reimplemented from StochasticProcess.

void update | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

This method must be implemented in derived classes. An instance of Observer does not call this method directly: instead, it will be called by the observables the instance registered with when they need to notify any changes.

Reimplemented from StochasticProcess.