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 Copyright (C) 2006 Mark Joshi
 
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#include <ql/methods/montecarlo/genericlsregression.hpp>
#include <ql/math/statistics/sequencestatistics.hpp>
#include <ql/math/matrixutilities/svd.hpp>
 
namespace QuantLib {
 
    Real genericLongstaffSchwartzRegression(
                std::vector<std::vector<NodeData> >& simulationData,
                std::vector<std::vector<Real> >& basisCoefficients) {
 
        Size steps = simulationData.size();
        basisCoefficients.resize(steps-1);
 
        for (Size i=steps-1; i!=0; --i) {
 
            std::vector<NodeData>& exerciseData = simulationData[i];
 
            // 1) find the covariance matrix of basis function values and
            //    deflated cash-flows
            Size N = exerciseData.front().values.size();
            std::vector<Real> temp(N+1);
            SequenceStatistics stats(N+1);
 
            Size j;
            for (j=0; j<exerciseData.size(); ++j) {
                if (exerciseData[j].isValid) {
                    std::copy(exerciseData[j].values.begin(),
                              exerciseData[j].values.end(),
                              temp.begin());
                    temp.back() = exerciseData[j].cumulatedCashFlows
                                - exerciseData[j].controlValue;
 
                    stats.add(temp);
                }
            }
 
            std::vector<Real> means = stats.mean();
            Matrix covariance = stats.covariance();
 
            Matrix C(N,N);
            Array target(N);
            for (Size k=0; k<N; ++k) {
                target[k] = covariance[k][N] + means[k]*means[N];
                for (Size l=0; l<=k; ++l)
                    C[k][l] = C[l][k] = covariance[k][l] + means[k]*means[l];
            }
 
            // 2) solve for least squares regression
            Array alphas = SVD(C).solveFor(target);
            basisCoefficients[i-1].resize(N);
            std::copy(alphas.begin(), alphas.end(),
                      basisCoefficients[i-1].begin());
 
            // 3) use exercise strategy to divide paths into exercise and
            //    non-exercise domains
            for (j=0; j<exerciseData.size(); ++j) {
                if (exerciseData[j].isValid) {
                    Real exerciseValue = exerciseData[j].exerciseValue;
                    Real continuationValue =
                        exerciseData[j].cumulatedCashFlows;
                    Real estimatedContinuationValue =
                        std::inner_product(
                                 exerciseData[j].values.begin(),
                                 exerciseData[j].values.end(),
                                 alphas.begin(),
                                 exerciseData[j].controlValue);
 
                    // for exercise paths, add deflated rebate to
                    // deflated cash-flows at previous time frame;
                    // for non-exercise paths, add deflated cash-flows to
                    // deflated cash-flows at previous time frame
                    Real value = estimatedContinuationValue <= exerciseValue ?
                                 exerciseValue :
                                 continuationValue;
 
                    simulationData[i-1][j].cumulatedCashFlows += value;
                }
            }
        }
 
        // the value of the product can now be estimated by averaging
        // over all paths
        Statistics estimate;
        std::vector<NodeData>& estimatedData = simulationData[0];
        for (auto& j : estimatedData)
            estimate.add(j.cumulatedCashFlows);
 
        return estimate.mean();
    }
 
}