Stochastic Perron's method for optimal control problems with state constraints
Optimization and Control
2014-09-25 v2 Probability
Abstract
We apply the stochastic Perron method of Bayraktar and S\^irbu to a general infinite horizon optimal control problem, where the state is a controlled diffusion process, and the state constraint is described by a closed set. We prove that the value function is bounded from below (resp., from above) by a viscosity supersolution (resp., subsolution) of the related state constrained problem for the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation. In the case of a smooth domain, under some additional assumptions, these estimates allow to identify with a unique continuous constrained viscosity solution of this equation.
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@article{arxiv.1405.4252,
title = {Stochastic Perron's method for optimal control problems with state constraints},
author = {Dmitry B. Rokhlin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.4252},
year = {2014}
}
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14 pages