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Switching problems with controlled randomisation and associated obliquely reflected BSDEs

Probability 2020-01-31 v1

Abstract

We introduce and study a new class of optimal switching problems, namely switching problem with controlled randomisation, where some extra-randomness impacts the choice of switching modes and associated costs. We show that the optimal value of the switching problem is related to a new class of multidimensional obliquely reflected BSDEs. These BSDEs allow as well to construct an optimal strategy and thus to solve completely the initial problem. The other main contribution of our work is to prove new existence and uniqueness results for these obliquely reflected BSDEs. This is achieved by a careful study of the domain of reflection and the construction of an appropriate oblique reflection operator in order to invoke results from [7].

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@article{arxiv.2001.11308,
  title  = {Switching problems with controlled randomisation and associated obliquely reflected BSDEs},
  author = {Cyril Bénézet and Jean-François Chassagneux and Adrien Richou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.11308},
  year   = {2020}
}

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50 pages, 1 figure

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