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We investigate the stability of the equilibrium-induced optimal value in one-dimensional diffusion setting for a time-inconsistent stopping problem under non-exponential discounting. We show that the optimal value is semi-continuous with…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-10-04 Erhan Bayraktar , Zhenhua Wang , Zhou Zhou

We consider the problem of optimal stopping for a one-dimensional diffusion process. Two classes of admissible stopping times are considered. The first class consists of all nonanticipating stopping times that take values in [0,\infty],…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Paul Dupuis , Hui Wang

We provide, in a general setting, explicit solutions for optimal stopping problems that involve a diffusion process and its running maximum. Besides, a new feature includes absorbing boundaries that vary with the value of the running…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-16 Masahiko Egami , Tadao Oryu

The maximality principle has been a valuable tool in identifying the free-boundary functions that are associated with the solutions to several optimal stopping problems involving one-dimensional time-homogeneous diffusions and their running…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Neofytos Rodosthenous , Mihail Zervos

This paper develops an approach for solving perpetual discounted optimal stopping problems for multidimensional diffusions, with special emphasis on the $d$-dimensional Wiener process. We first obtain some verification theorems for…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-11-04 Sören Christensen , Fabián Crocce , Ernesto Mordecki , Paavo Salminen

We develop a theory of optimal stopping problems under G-expectation framework. We first define a new kind of random times, called G-stopping times, which is suitable for this problem. For the discrete time case with finite horizon, the…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-12-21 Hanwu Li

In this work, we present numerical analysis for a distributed optimal control problem, with box constraint on the control, governed by a subdiffusion equation which involves a fractional derivative of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$ in time. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-22 Bangti Jin , Buyang Li , Zhi Zhou

In this paper, we numerically address the inverse problem of identifying a time-dependent coefficient in the time-fractional diffusion equation. An a priori estimate is established to ensure uniqueness and stability of the solution. A fully…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Arshyn Altybay

We present a novel method for solving a class of time-inconsistent optimal stopping problems by reducing them to a family of standard stochastic optimal control problems. In particular, we convert an optimal stopping problem with a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Christopher W. Miller

We provide, in a general setting, explicit solutions for optimal stopping problems that involve diffusion process and its running maximum. Our approach is to use the excursion theory for Levy processes. Since general diffusions are, in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-13 Masahiko Egami , Tadao Oryu

Given a stable L\'{e}vy process $X=(X_t)_{0\le t\le T}$ of index $\alpha\in(1,2)$ with no negative jumps, and letting $S_t=\sup_{0\le s\le t}X_s$ denote its running supremum for $t\in [0,T]$, we consider the optimal prediction problem…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-02-10 Violetta Bernyk , Robert C. Dalang , Goran Peskir

This article explores an optimal stopping problem for branching diffusion processes. It consists in looking for optimal stopping lines, a type of stopping time that maintains the branching structure of the processes under analysis. By using…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-12-31 Idris Kharroubi , Antonio Ocello

We consider stochastic control with discretionary stopping for the drift of a diffusion process over an infinite time horizon. The objective is to choose a control process and a stopping time to minimize the expectation of a convex terminal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Václav E. Beneš , Georgy Gaitsgori , Ioannis Karatzas

We consider the optimal stopping problem consisting in, given a strong Markov process, a reward function and a discount rate, finding the stopping time such that the expected reward at the stopping time is maximum. The approach we follow,…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-05-30 Fabián Crocce

We study the (weak) equilibrium problem arising from the problem of optimally stopping a one-dimensional diffusion subject to an expectation constraint on the time until stopping. The weak equilibrium problem is realized with a set of…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-06-14 Sören Christensen , Maike Klein , Boy Schultz

This paper explores the forward and inverse problems for a fractional subdiffusion equation characterized by time-dependent diffusion and reaction coefficients. Initially, the forward problem is examined, and its unique solvability is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-10 Ravshan Ashurov , Elbek Husanov

In this paper, we study the inverse problem of finding a time-dependent multiplier of the right-hand side of a time-fractional one-dimensional diffusion equation with variables coefficients in the case where the usual Cauchy, homogeneous…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-15 D. K. Durdiev

We consider a one-dimensional diffusion which solves a stochastic differential equation with Borel-measurable coefficients in an open interval. We allow for the endpoints to be inaccessible or absorbing. Given a Borel-measurable function…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-01-13 Damien Lamberton , Mihail Zervos

In this paper, we propose a new framework for solving a general dynamic optimal stopping problem without time consistency. A sophisticated solution is proposed and is well-defined for any time setting with general flows of objectives. A…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Hanqing Jin , Yanzhao Yang

In this paper, we study the optimal stopping problem in the case where the reward is given by a family $(\phi(\tau ),\;\;\tau \in \stopo)$ of non negative random variables indexed by predictable stopping times. We treat the problem by means…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-12-06 Siham Bouhadou , Youssef Ouknine