constantestimator.cpp

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/*
 Copyright (C) 2006 Joseph Wang
 
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*/
 
#include <ql/models/volatility/constantestimator.hpp>
 
namespace QuantLib {
    TimeSeries<Volatility>
    ConstantEstimator::calculate(const TimeSeries<Volatility>& volatilitySeries) {
        TimeSeries<Volatility> retval;
        const std::vector<Volatility> u = volatilitySeries.values();
        TimeSeries<Volatility>::const_iterator prev, next, cur, start;
        cur = volatilitySeries.begin();
        std::advance(cur, size_);
        // ICK.  This could probably be made a lot more efficient
        for (Size i=size_; i < volatilitySeries.size(); i++) {
            Size j;
            Real sumu2=0.0, sumu=0.0;
            for (j=i-size_; j <i; j++) {
                sumu += u[j];
                sumu2 += u[j]*u[j];
            }
            Real s = std::sqrt(sumu2/(Real)size_ - sumu*sumu / (Real) size_ /
                               (Real) (size_+1));
            retval[cur->first] = s;
            ++cur;
        }
        return retval;
    }
 
}