parametricexercise.cpp

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#include <ql/methods/montecarlo/parametricexercise.hpp>
#include <ql/math/optimization/problem.hpp>
#include <ql/math/optimization/constraint.hpp>
 
namespace QuantLib {
 
    namespace {
 
        class ValueEstimate : public CostFunction {
          public:
            ValueEstimate(const std::vector<NodeData>& simulationData,
                          const ParametricExercise& exercise,
                          Size exerciseIndex);
            Real value(const Array& parameters) const override;
            Array values(const Array&) const override {
                QL_FAIL("values method not implemented");
            }
 
        private:
            const std::vector<NodeData>& simulationData_;
            const ParametricExercise& exercise_;
            Size exerciseIndex_;
            mutable std::vector<Real> parameters_;
        };
 
        ValueEstimate::ValueEstimate(
                                 const std::vector<NodeData>& simulationData,
                                 const ParametricExercise& exercise,
                                 Size exerciseIndex)
        : simulationData_(simulationData), exercise_(exercise),
          exerciseIndex_(exerciseIndex),
          parameters_(exercise.numberOfParameters()[exerciseIndex]) {
            for (const auto& i : simulationData_) {
                if (i.isValid)
                    return;
            }
            QL_FAIL("no valid paths");
        }
 
        Real ValueEstimate::value(const Array& parameters) const {
            std::copy(parameters.begin(), parameters.end(),
                      parameters_.begin());
            Real sum = 0.0;
            Size n = 0;
            for (const auto& i : simulationData_) {
                if (i.isValid) {
                    ++n;
                    if (exercise_.exercise(exerciseIndex_, parameters_, i.values))
                        sum += i.exerciseValue;
                    else
                        sum += i.cumulatedCashFlows;
                }
            }
            return -sum/n;
        }
 
    }
 
 
 
    Real genericEarlyExerciseOptimization(
                          std::vector<std::vector<NodeData> >& simulationData,
                          const ParametricExercise& exercise,
                          std::vector<std::vector<Real> >& parameters,
                          const EndCriteria& endCriteria,
                          OptimizationMethod& method) {
 
        Size steps = simulationData.size();
        parameters.resize(steps-1);
 
        for (Size i=steps-1; i!=0; --i) {
            const std::vector<NodeData>& exerciseData = simulationData[i];
 
            parameters[i-1].resize(exercise.numberOfParameters()[i-1]);
 
 
            // optimize
            ValueEstimate f(exerciseData, exercise, i-1);
 
            Array guess(parameters[i-1].size());
            exercise.guess(i-1, parameters[i-1]);
            std::copy(parameters[i-1].begin(), parameters[i-1].end(),
                      guess.begin());
 
            NoConstraint c;
 
            Problem p(f, c, guess);
            method.minimize(p, endCriteria);
 
            Array result = p.currentValue();
            std::copy(result.begin(), result.end(),
                      parameters[i-1].begin());
 
            std::vector<NodeData>& previousData = simulationData[i-1];
            for (Size j=0; j<previousData.size(); ++j) {
                if (exerciseData[j].isValid) {
                    if (exercise.exercise(i-1,
                                          parameters[i-1],
                                          exerciseData[j].values))
                        previousData[j].cumulatedCashFlows +=
                            exerciseData[j].exerciseValue;
                    else
                        previousData[j].cumulatedCashFlows +=
                            exerciseData[j].cumulatedCashFlows;
                }
            }
        }
 
        Real sum = 0.0;
        const std::vector<NodeData>& initialData = simulationData.front();
        for (const auto& i : initialData)
            sum += i.cumulatedCashFlows;
        return sum/initialData.size();
    }
 
}