Related papers: A non-classical class of variational problems
In this paper, we discuss differentiation of solutions to the boundary value problem $y^{(n)} = f(x, y, y^{'}, y^{''}, \ldots, y^{(n-1)}), \; a<x<b,\; y^{(i)}(x_j) = y_{ij},\; 0\leq i \leq m_j, \; 1 \leq j \leq k-1$, and $y^{(i)}(x_k) +…
We consider the problem of stochastic optimal control, where the state-feedback control policies take the form of a probability distribution and where a penalty on the entropy is added. By viewing the cost function as a Kullback- Leibler…
We introduce a variational algorithm to estimate the likelihood of a rare event within a nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulation through the evaluation of an optimal control force. Optimization of a control force within a chosen basis…
A new method for solving stiff boundary value problems is described and compared to other known approaches using the Troesch's problem as a test example. The method is based on the general idea of alternate approximation of either the…
In this work, we consider boundary value problems involving Caputo and Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives of order $\alpha\in(1,2)$ on the unit interval $(0,1)$. These fractional derivatives lead to non-symmetric boundary value…
Conditional value-at-risk (CoVaR) is one of the most important measures of systemic risk. It is defined as the high quantile conditional on a related variable being extreme, widely used in the field of quantitative risk management. In this…
Variational inequalities are an important mathematical tool for modelling free boundary problems that arise in different application areas. Due to the intricate nonsmooth structure of the resulting models, their analysis and optimization is…
We set up a general framework tailor-made to solve complement value problems governed by symmetric nonlinear integrodifferential $p$-L\'evy operators. A prototypical example of integrodifferential $p$-L\'evy operators is the well-known…
The purpose of this survey chapter is to present a transformation technique that can be used in analysis and numerical computation of the early exercise boundary for an American style of vanilla options that can be modelled by class of…
Price determination is a central research topic of revenue management in marketing. The important aspect in pricing is controlling the stochastic behavior of demand, and the previous studies have tackled price optimization problems with…
In high-stakes machine learning applications, it is crucial to not only perform well on average, but also when restricted to difficult examples. To address this, we consider the problem of training models in a risk-averse manner. We propose…
Linear second order elliptic boundary value problems (BVP) on bounded Lipschitz domains are studied in the case of Gaussian white noise loads. Especially, Neumann and Robin BVPs are considered. The main obstacle for applying the usual…
In this paper, we introduce a modification of the free boundary problem related to optimal stopping problems for diffusion processes. This modification allows the application of this PDE method in cases where the usual regularity…
Invariant conditions for conformable fractional problems of the calculus of variations under the presence of external forces in the dynamics are studied. Depending on the type of transformations considered, different necessary conditions of…
This article proposes new strategies for solving two-point Fractional order Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems(FN-BVPs) with Robin Boundary Conditions(RBCs). In the new numerical schemes, a two-point FNBVP is transformed into a system of…
We present an optimization-based approach to stochastic control problems with nonclassical information structures. We cast these problems equivalently as optimization prob- lems on joint distributions. The resulting problems are necessarily…
This paper considers mathematical programs, whose constraints are expressed by a parameterized vector equilibrium problem. The latter is a well recognized framework, which is able to cover multicriteria optimization, vector variational…
A numerical study of an optimal control formulation for a shape optimization problem governed by an elliptic variational inequality is performed. The shape optimization problem is reformulated as a boundary control problem in a fixed…
Various problems in computer vision and medical imaging can be cast as inverse problems. A frequent method for solving inverse problems is the variational approach, which amounts to minimizing an energy composed of a data fidelity term and…
This paper investigates optimal consumption in the stochastic Ramsey problem with the Cobb-Douglas production function. Contrary to prior studies, we allow for general consumption processes, without any a priori boundedness constraint. A…