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In this paper, infinite horizon stochastic difference equations and backward stochastic difference equations with fractional noises are studied. The main difficulty comes from fractional noises on infinite horizon. Motivated by…
We study deterministic nonstationary discrete-time optimal control problems in both finite and infinite horizon. With the aid of Gateaux differentials, we prove a discrete-time maximum principle in analogy with the well-known…
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We obtain the first probabilistic proof of continuous differentiability of time-dependent optimal boundaries in optimal stopping problems. The underlying stochastic dynamics is a one-dimensional, time-inhomogeneous diffusion. The gain…
In this work, we consider the two dimensional tidal dynamics equations in a bounded domain and address some optimal control problems like total energy minimization, minimization of dissipation of energy of the flow, etc. We also examine an…
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