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Explicit solutions to optimal control problems are rarely obtainable. Of particular interest are the explicit solutions derived for minimax problems, providing a framework to address adversarial conditions and uncertainty. This work…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Alba Gurpegui , Mark Jeeninga , Emma Tegling , Anders Rantzer

We investigate the ergodic problem of growth-rate maximization under a class of risk constraints in the context of incomplete, It\^{o}-process models of financial markets with random ergodic coefficients. Including {\em value-at-risk}…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2008-12-02 Traian A. Pirvu , Gordan Zitkovic

In this paper, we study the problem of optimizing the stability of positive semi-Markov jump linear systems. We specifically consider the problem of tuning the coefficients of the system matrices for maximizing the exponential decay rate of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Chengyan Zhao , Masaki Ogura , Kenji Sugimoto

We prove an existence result for a free boundary problem inspired by the modelization of accretive growth. The growth process is formulated through a level-set approach, leading to a boundary-value problem for a Hamilton-Jacobi equation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Ulisse Stefanelli

In this note, we study a class of indefinite stochastic McKean-Vlasov linear-quadratic (LQ in short) control problem under the control taking nonnegative values. In contrast to the conventional issue, both the classical dynamic programming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-05 Xun Li , Liangquan Zhang

The short-time and global behaviour are studied for autonomous linear evolution equations defined by generators of uniformly bounded holomorphic semigroups in a Hilbert space. A general criterion for log-convexity in time of the norm of the…

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In this article we study ergodic problems in the whole space $\mathbb{R}^N$ for weakly coupled systems of viscous Hamilton-Jacobi equations with coercive right-hand sides. The Hamiltonians are assumed to have a fairly general structure and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-20 Ari Arapostathis , Anup Biswas , Prasun Roychowdhury

We propose a novel data-driven neural network (NN) optimization framework for solving an optimal stochastic control problem under stochastic constraints. Customized activation functions for the output layers of the NN are applied, which…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Marc Chen , Mohammad Shirazi , Peter A. Forsyth , Yuying Li

We study a class of parabolic equations having first order terms with superlinear (and subquadratic) growth. The model problem is the so-called viscous Hamilton-Jacobi equation with superlinear Hamiltonian. We address the problem of having…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-23 Martina Magliocca , Alessio Porretta

We provide a data-driven framework for optimal control of a continuous-time stochastic dynamical system. The proposed framework relies on the linear operator theory involving linear Perron-Frobenius (P-F) and Koopman operators. Our first…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-04 Umesh Vaidya , Duvan Tellez-Castro

We show that non-dominated sorting of a sequence of i.i.d. random variables in Euclidean space has a continuum limit that corresponds to solving a Hamilton-Jacobi equation involving the probability density function of the random variables.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-12-18 Jeff Calder , Selim Esedoglu , Alfred O. Hero

We study the problem of dynamically trading a futures contract and its underlying asset under a stochastic basis model. The basis evolution is modeled by a stopped scaled Brownian bridge to account for non-convergence of the basis at…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2019-05-28 Bahman Angoshtari , Tim Leung

In an equity market model with "Knightian" uncertainty regarding the relative risk and covariance structure of its assets, we characterize in several ways the highest return relative to the market that can be achieved using nonanticipative…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-02-15 Daniel Fernholz , Ioannis Karatzas

This paper studies a continuous-time optimal portfolio selection problem in the complete market for a behavioral investor whose preference is of the prospect type with probability distortion. The investor concerns about the terminal…

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The present work addresses a finite-horizon linear-quadratic optimal control problem for uncertain systems driven by piecewise constant controls. The precise values of the system parameters are unknown, but assumed to belong to a finite set…

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This paper concerns the numerical solution of a fully nonlinear parabolic double obstacle problem arising from a finite portfolio selection with proportional transaction costs. We consider the optimal allocation of wealth among multiple…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2017-11-06 Arash Fahim , Wan-Yu Tsai

This study investigates the existence, uniqueness, and multiplicity of positive solutions for a system of fractional differential equations given by: \begin{equation*} (-\Delta)^{s_i} u_{i}+\lambda_{i} u_{i}=\sum_{j=1}^{n} \alpha_{i…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-16 Ashutosh Dixit , Hichem Hajaiej , Tuhina Mukherjee

We consider a nonlinear system, affine with respect to an unbounded control $u$ which is allowed to range in a closed cone. To this system we associate a Bolza type minimum problem, with a Lagrangian having sublinear growth with respect to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-11 M. Soledad Aronna , Monica Motta , Franco Rampazzo