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A backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE) is an SDE of the form $-dY_t = f(t,Y_t,Z_t)dt - Z_t^*dW_t;\ Y_T = \xi$. The subject of BSDEs has seen extensive attention since their introduction in the linear case by Bismut (1973) and in…
In this article we study the existence and the uniqueness of a solution for reflected backward stochastic differential equations in the case when the generator is logarithmic growth in the $z$-variable $(|z|\sqrt{|\ln(|z|)|})$, the terminal…
In this paper, we introduce a new type of backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) with infinite anticipation, where the generator depends on the entire future values of the solution in infinite horizon. We show that the new BSDEs…
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Considering that the decision-making environment faced by reinforcement learning (RL) agents is full of Knightian uncertainty, this paper describes the exploratory state dynamics equation in Knightian uncertainty to study the…
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This paper addresses reflected backward stochastic differential equations (RBSDE hereafter) that take the form of \begin{eqnarray*} \begin{cases} dY_t=f(t,Y_t, Z_t)d(t\wedge\tau)+Z_tdW_t^{\tau}+dM_t-dK_t,\quad Y_{\tau}=\xi, Y\geq…
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We consider an infinite horizon, obliquely reflected backward stochastic differential equation (RBSDE). The main contribution of the present work is that we generalize previous results on infinite horizon reflected BSDEs to the setting…