centrallimitgaussianrng.hpp

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#ifndef quantlib_central_limit_gaussian_rng_h
#define quantlib_central_limit_gaussian_rng_h
 
#include <ql/methods/montecarlo/sample.hpp>
 
namespace QuantLib {
 
 
    template <class RNG>
    class CLGaussianRng {
      public:
        typedef Sample<Real> sample_type;
        typedef RNG urng_type;
        explicit CLGaussianRng(const RNG& uniformGenerator);
        sample_type next() const;
      private:
        RNG uniformGenerator_;
    };
 
    template <class RNG>
    CLGaussianRng<RNG>::CLGaussianRng(const RNG& uniformGenerator)
    : uniformGenerator_(uniformGenerator) {}
 
    template <class RNG>
    inline typename CLGaussianRng<RNG>::sample_type
    CLGaussianRng<RNG>::next() const {
        Real gaussPoint = -6.0, gaussWeight = 1.0;
        for (Integer i=1;i<=12;i++) {
            typename RNG::sample_type sample = uniformGenerator_.next();
            gaussPoint  += sample.value;
            gaussWeight *= sample.weight;
        }
        return {gaussPoint, gaussWeight};
    }
 
}
 
 
#endif