Integer, Intent (In)	::	m
Integer, Intent (Inout)	::	ifail
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (In)	::	x(m)
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Inout)	::	comm(*)
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Out)	::	val(m), fwd(m)

C Header Interface

#include <nag.h>

void	e01cff_ (const Integer m, const double x[], double val[], double fwd[], double comm[], Integer ifail)

The routine may be called by the names e01cff or nagf_interp_dim1_monconv_eval.

3 Description

e01cff evaluates a monotonic convex interpolant, as setup by e01cef, at the points

x

. The routine is derived from the work of Hagan and West and is described in Hagan and West (2006), Hagan and West (2008) and West (2011).

4 References

Hagan P S and West G (2006) Interpolation methods for curve construction Applied Mathematical Finance 13(2) 89–129

Hagan P S and West G (2008) Methods for constructing a yield curve WILLMOTT Magazine May 70–81

West G (2011) The monotone convex method of interpolation Financial Modelling Agency

5 Arguments

1: $m$ – Integer Input: On entry: $m$ , the number of points at which the interpolant is to be evaluated.
2: $x (m)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Input: On entry: $x$ , the points at which the interpolant is to be evaluated.
3: $val (m)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Output: On exit: the values of the interpolant at $x$ .
4: $fwd (m)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Output: On exit: the values of the forward rates at $x$ .
5: $comm (*)$ – Real (Kind=nag_wp) array Communication Array: Note: the actual argument supplied must be the array comm supplied to the initialization routine e01cef.

On entry: contains details of the interpolant.

Constraint: comm should not be changed following a call to e01cef.
6: $ifail$ – Integer Input/Output: On entry: ifail must be set to $0$ , $−1$ or $1$ to set behaviour on detection of an error; these values have no effect when no error is detected.
A value of $0$ causes the printing of an error message and program execution will be halted; otherwise program execution continues. A value of $−1$ means that an error message is printed while a value of $1$ means that it is not.

If halting is not appropriate, the value $−1$ or $1$ is recommended. If message printing is undesirable, then the value $1$ is recommended. Otherwise, the value $0$ is recommended. When the value $- 1$ or $1$ is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.

On exit: $ifail = 0$ unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see Section 6).

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

If on entry

ifail = 0

−1

, explanatory error messages are output on the current error message unit (as defined by x04aaf).

Errors or warnings detected by the routine:

$ifail = 1$: Either e01cef was not called first or the communication array has become corrupted.

$ifail = - 99$: An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please contact NAG.
See Section 7 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

$ifail = - 399$: Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
See Section 8 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

$ifail = - 999$: Dynamic memory allocation failed.
See Section 9 in the Introduction to the NAG Library FL Interface for further information.

7 Accuracy

The computational errors in the array comm should be negligible in most practical situations.

8 Parallelism and Performance

Background information to multithreading can be found in the Multithreading documentation.

e01cff is threaded by NAG for parallel execution in multithreaded implementations of the NAG Library.

Please consult the X06 Chapter Introduction for information on how to control and interrogate the OpenMP environment used within this routine. Please also consult the Users' Note for your implementation for any additional implementation-specific information.

9 Further Comments

e01cff internally allocates

4 n + 3

reals.

10 Example

This example reads in a set of data points, calls e01cef to compute a monotonic convex interpolant, and then calls e01cff to evaluate the interpolant at equally spaced points.

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▸▿ Contents

1 Purpose

2 Specification

3 Description

4 References

5 Arguments

6 Error Indicators and Warnings

7 Accuracy

8 Parallelism and Performance

9 Further Comments

10 Example

10.1 Program Text

10.2 Program Data

10.3 Program Results

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