frankcopula.cpp

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/* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
 
/*
 Copyright (C) 2008 Marek Glowacki
 
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#include <ql/math/copulas/frankcopula.hpp>
#include <ql/errors.hpp>
 
namespace QuantLib {
 
    FrankCopula::FrankCopula(Real theta): theta_(theta)
    {
        QL_REQUIRE(theta != 0.0,
                   "theta (" << theta << ") must be different from 0");
    }
    
    Real FrankCopula::operator()(Real x, Real y) const 
    {
        QL_REQUIRE(x >= 0.0 && x <=1.0 ,
                   "1st argument (" << x << ") must be in [0,1]");
        QL_REQUIRE(y >= 0.0 && y <=1.0 ,
                   "2nd argument (" << y << ") must be in [0,1]");
        using namespace std;
        return -1.0/theta_  *  log(1 + (exp(-theta_*x) -1) * (exp(-theta_*y) -1) / (exp(-theta_)- 1)   );
    }
 
}