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In this paper we consider the maximum principle of optimal control for a stochastic control problem. This problem is governed by a system of fully coupled multi-dimensional forward-backward doubly stochastic differential equation with…

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We study the optimal stopping problem of McKean-Vlasov diffusions when the criterion is a function of the law of the stopped process. A remarkable new feature in this setting is that the stopping time also impacts the dynamics of the…

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We study a robust optimal stopping problem with respect to a set $\cP$ of mutually singular probabilities. This can be interpreted as a zero-sum controller-stopper game in which the stopper is trying to maximize its pay-off while an adverse…

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A dynamic method to solve the Non-linear Programming (NLP) problem with Equality Constraints (ECs) and Inequality Constraints (IECs) is proposed. Inspired by the Lyapunov continuous-time dynamics stability theory in the control field, the…

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