HullWhite::Dynamics Class Reference

Short-rate dynamics in the Hull-White model. More...

#include <ql/models/shortrate/onefactormodels/hullwhite.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for HullWhite::Dynamics:

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Public Member Functions

 Dynamics (const Parameter &fitting, Real a, Real sigma)
Real variable (Time t, Rate r) const
 Compute state variable from short rate.
Real shortRate (Time t, Real x) const
 Compute short rate from state variable.

Detailed Description

Short-rate dynamics in the Hull-White model.

The short-rate is here

\[ r_t = \varphi(t) + x_t \]

where $ \varphi(t) $ is the deterministic time-dependent parameter used for term-structure fitting and $ x_t $ is the state variable following an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process.