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We study a generalized vanishing discount problem for Hamilton--Jacobi equations, removing the standard monotonicity assumption, either in a global sense or when integrated against all Mather measures. Specifically, we consider \[ \lambda…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Panrui Ni , Jun Yan , Maxime Zavidovique

In this paper we study the existence of sufficiently regular representations of Hamilton-Jacobi equations in optimal control theory with the compact control set. We introduce a new method to construct representations for a wide class of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-12 Arkadiusz Misztela

This paper investigates a Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) analysis to solve finite-horizon optimal control problems for high-dimensional systems. Although grid-based methods, such as the level-set method [1], numerically solve a general class of HJ…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-28 Donggun Lee , Claire J. Tomlin

We prove optimality principles for semicontinuous bounded viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations. In particular we provide a representation formula for viscosity supersolutions as value functions of suitable obstacle…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Annalisa Cesaroni

This paper studies Hamilton-Jacobi equations of evolution type defined in a general metric space. We give a notion of a solution through optimal principles and establish a unique existence theorem of the solution for initial value problems.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-07-30 Atsushi Nakayasu

This paper develops a comparison theorem for viscosity solutions of a new class of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equations, which is used to solve the separated problem governed by the K-S equation in the Wasserstein space. A distinctive…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Hexiang Wan , Jie Xiong

We study the optimal rate of convergence in periodic homogenization of the viscous Hamilton-Jacobi equation $u^\varepsilon_t + H(\frac{x}{\varepsilon},Du^\varepsilon) = \varepsilon \Delta u^\varepsilon$ in $\mathbb R^n\times (0,\infty)$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Jianliang Qian , Timo Sprekeler , Hung V. Tran , Yifeng Yu

H-infinity optimal control and estimation are addressed for a class of systems governed by partial differential equations with bounded input and output operators. Diffusion equations are an important example in this class. Explicit formulas…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-09 Carolina Bergeling , Kirsten A. Morris , Anders Rantzer

We study the existence-uniqueness of solution $(u, \lambda)$ to the ergodic Hamilton-Jacobi equation $$(-\Delta)^s u + H(x, \nabla u) = f-\lambda\quad \text{in}\; \mathbb{R}^d,$$ and $u\geq 0$, where $s\in (\frac{1}{2}, 1)$. We show that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-24 Anup Biswas , Erwin Topp

We show that necessary and sufficient conditions of optimality in periodic optimization problems can be stated in terms of a solution of the corresponding HJB inequality, the latter being equivalent to a max-min type variational problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-09-10 Vladimir Gaitsgory , Ludmila Manic

We study a class of backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) driven by a random measure or, equivalently, by a marked point process. Under appropriate assumptions we prove well-posedness and continuous dependence of the solution…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-05-24 Fulvia Confortola , Marco Fuhrman

Suppose $M$ is a closed Riemannian manifold. For a $C^2$ generic (in the sense of Ma\~n\'e) Tonelli Hamiltonian $H: T^*M\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$, the minimal viscosity solution $u_\lambda^-:M\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ of the negative discounted…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-10 Ya-Nan Wang , Jun Yan , Jianlu Zhang

This paper extends the considerations of the works [1, 2] regarding curse-of-dimensionality-free numerical approaches to solve certain types of Hamilton-Jacobi equations arising in optimal control problems, differential games and elsewhere.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-29 Ivan Yegorov , Peter Dower

This paper is concerned with stochastic impulse control problems in which the running cost changes depending on the impulse control. Because of such a dependence, it brings several difficulties when the usual dynamic programming principle…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Yuchen Cao , Jiongmin Yong

The aim of this article is twofold. First, we develop a unified framework for viscosity solutions to both first-order Hamilton-Jacobi equations and semilinear Hamilton-Jacobi equations driven by the idiosyncratic operator, defined on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Giacomo Ceccherini Silberstein , Daniela Tonon

We study PDE of the form $\max\{F(D^2u,x)-f(x), H(Du)\}=0$ where $F$ is uniformly elliptic and convex in its first argument, $H$ is convex, $f$ is a given function and $u$ is the unknown. These equations are derived from dynamic programming…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-06 Ryan Hynd , Henok Mawi

A general time-inconsistent optimal control problem is considered for stochastic differential equations with deterministic coefficients. Under suitable conditions, a Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman type equation is derived for the equilibrium value…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-04-04 Jiongmin Yong

In this paper, we consider a company can simultaneously reduce its emissions and buy carbon allowances at any time. We establish an optimal control model involving two stochastic processes with two control variables, which is a singular…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-12 Xinfu Chen , Yuchao Dong , Wenlin Huang , Jin Liang

We consider the simplest example of a time-dependent first order Hamilton-Jacobi equation, in one space dimension and with a bounded and Lipschitz continuous Hamiltonian which only depends on the spatial derivative. We show that if the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-29 M. Bertsch , F. Smarrazzo , A. Terracina , A. Tesei

We provide a dynamic programming principle for stochastic optimal control problems with expectation constraints. A weak formulation, using test functions and a probabilistic relaxation of the constraint, avoids restrictions related to a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-12-21 Bruno Bouchard , Marcel Nutz