variancegammamodel.hpp

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/*! \file variancegammamodel.hpp
    \brief Variance Gamma model
*/
 
#ifndef quantlib_variance_gamma_model_hpp
#define quantlib_variance_gamma_model_hpp
 
#include <ql/models/model.hpp>
#include <ql/experimental/variancegamma/variancegammaprocess.hpp>
 
namespace QuantLib {
 
    //! Variance Gamma model
    /*! References:
 
        Dilip B. Madan, Peter Carr, Eric C. Chang (1998)
        "The variance gamma process and option pricing,"
        European Finance Review, 2, 79-105
 
        \warning calibration is not implemented for VG
    */
    class VarianceGammaModel : public CalibratedModel {
      public:
        explicit VarianceGammaModel(
                      const ext::shared_ptr<VarianceGammaProcess>& process);
 
        // sigma
        Real sigma() const { return arguments_[0](0.0); }
        // nu
        Real nu() const { return arguments_[1](0.0); }
        // theta
        Real theta() const { return arguments_[2](0.0); }
 
        // underlying process
        ext::shared_ptr<VarianceGammaProcess> process() const { return process_; }
 
    protected:
      void generateArguments() override;
      ext::shared_ptr<VarianceGammaProcess> process_;
    };
 
}
 
#endif