English
Related papers

Related papers: Regular finite fuel stochastic control problems wi…

200 papers

This work reformulates language generation as a stochastic optimal control problem, providing a unified theoretical perspective to analyze autoregressive and diffusion models and explain their limitations (Efficiency-Fidelity Paradox,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-05-18 ZiYi Dong , Yuliang Huang , Weijian Deng , Xiangyang Ji , Liang Lin , Pengxu Wei

The ergodic control problem for a non-degenerate controlled diffusion controlled through its drift is considered under a uniform stability condition that ensures the well-posedness of the associated Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation. A…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-20 Ari Arapostathis , Vivek S. Borkar

The solution to a stochastic optimal control problem can be determined by computing the value function from a discretization of the associated Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation. Alternatively, the problem can be reformulated in terms of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-29 Sebastian Reich

We study the optimal investment-consumption problem for a member of defined contribution plan during the decumulation phase. For a fixed annuitization time, to achieve higher final annuity, we consider a variable consumption rate. Moreover,…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2020-08-18 Hassan Dadashi

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

In this article, a notion of viscosity solutions is introduced for second order path-dependent Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (PHJB) equations associated with optimal control problems for path-dependent stochastic evolution equations in Hilbert…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-09-14 Jianjun Zhou

We introduce a method for approximating viscosity solutions of stationary degenerate elliptic Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman equations on bounded domains arising in stochastic exit-time control. Viscosity enforcement is formulated as a min--max…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-18 Alen E. Golpashin , Gokul Puthumanaillam , Melkior Ornik , Bruce A. Conway

In this article, we analyse the existence of an optimal feedback controller of stochastic optimal control problems governed by SDEs which have the control in the diffusion part. To this end, we consider the underlying Fokker-Planck equation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-05 Luca Di Persio , Peter Kuchling

We study an optimal investment and consumption problem over a finite-time horizon, in which an individual invests in a risk-free asset and a risky asset, and evaluate utility using a general utility function that exhibits loss aversion with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Chonghu Guan , Xinfeng Gu , Wenhao Zhang , Xun Li

A finite element analysis of a Dirichlet boundary control problem governed by the linear parabolic equation is presented in this article. The Dirichlet control is considered in a closed and convex subset of the energy space $H^1(\Omega…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-04 Thirupathi Gudi , Gouranga Mallik , Ramesh Ch. Sau

In this paper we study a class of stochastic control problems in which the control of the jump size is essential. Such a model is a generalized version for various applied problems ranging from optimal reinsurance selections for general…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-04-04 Rainer Buckdahn , Jin Ma , Catherine Rainer

This paper mainly establishes the finite-horizon stochastic bounded real lemma, and then solves the $H_{\infty}$ control problem for discrete-time stochastic linear systems defined on the separable Hilbert spaces, thereby unifying the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-12 Cheng'ao Li , Ting Hou , Weihai Zhang , Feiqi Deng

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

We introduce a novel 'one-shot' solution technique resolving an open problem (Karatzas et al., Finite-fuel singular control with discretionary stopping, Stochastics 71:1-2 (2000)). Unexpectedly given the convexity of the latter problem, its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-08 John Moriarty , Neofytos Rodosthenous

In this paper, we propose and study the stochastic path-dependent Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (SPHJB) equation that arises naturally from the optimal stochastic control problem of stochastic differential equations with path-dependence and…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-06-24 Jinniao Qiu

We a controlled system driven by a coupled forward-backward stochastic differential equation (FBSDE) with a non degenerate diffusion matrix. The cost functional is defined by the solution of the controlled backward stochastic differential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-02 Khaled Bahlali , Omar Kebiri , Brahim Mezerdi , Ahmed Mtiraoui

The present paper considers a stochastic optimal control problem, in which the cost function is defined through a backward stochastic differential equation with infinite horizon driven by G-Brownian motion. Then we study the regularities of…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-06-13 Mingshang Hu , Falei Wang

This article discusses an optimal control problem for a phase field model of two immiscible incompressible fluid flow, incorporating surface tension effects. The optimal control problem is defined with a $L^2$-cost functional and subject to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Arghya Kundu

In this paper we present a finite element analysis for a Dirichlet boundary control problem governed by the Stokes equation. The Dirichlet control is considered in a convex closed subset of the energy space $\mathbf{H}^1(\Omega).$ Most of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-01 Thirupathi Gudi , Ramesh Ch. Sau

In this paper we propose a new way of proving the value of a firm that is currently producing a certain product and faces the option to exit the market. The problem of optimal exiting is an optimal stopping problem, that can be solved using…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-09-23 Manuel Guerra , Cláudia Nunes , Carlos Oliveira