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The goal of this paper is to solve a class of stochastic optimal control problems numerically, in which the state process is governed by an It\^o type stochastic differential equation with control process entering both in the drift and the…

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In this work, we investigate a stochastic control framework for global optimization over both Euclidean spaces and the Wasserstein space of probability measures, where the objective function may be non-convex and/or non-differentiable. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Jinniao Qiu

We consider a problem of stochastic optimal control with separable drift uncertainty in strong formulation on a finite horizon. The drift coefficient of the state $Y^{u}$ is multiplicatively influenced by an unknown random variable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-13 Samuel N. Cohen , Christoph Knochenhauer , Alexander Merkel

An optimal control problem for the linear wave equation with control cost chosen as the BV semi-norm in time is analyzed. This formulation enhances piecewise constant optimal controls and penalizes the number of jumps. Existence of optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-11 Sebastian Engel , Karl Kunisch

We study a family of optimal control problems under a set of controlled-loss constraints holding at different deterministic dates. The characterization of the associated value function by a Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation usually calls for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-27 Geraldine Bouveret , Athena Picarelli

In this paper we study the optimal stochastic control problem for a path-dependent stochastic system under a recursive path-dependent cost functional, whose associated Bellman equation from dynamic programming principle is a path-dependent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-03-06 Shanjian Tang , Fu Zhang

This paper proposes a new framework to model control systems in which a dynamic friction occurs. The model consists in a controlled differential inclusion with a discontinuous right hand side, which still preserves existence and uniqueness…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-02 Fabio Tedone , Michele Palladino

The Hamilton Jacobi Bellman Equation (HJB) provides the globally optimal solution to large classes of control problems. Unfortunately, this generality comes at a price, the calculation of such solutions is typically intractible for systems…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-09-23 Matanya B. Horowitz , Anil Damle , Joel W. Burdick

We consider a stochastic optimal control problem where the controller can anticipate the evolution of the driving noise over some dynamically changing time window. The controlled state dynamics are understood as a rough differential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Peter Bank , Franziska Bielert

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 present an It\^o formula for the $L_p$-norm of jump processes having stochastic differentials in $L_p$-spaces. The main results extend well-known theorems of Krylov to the case of processes with jumps, and which can be used to prove…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-05-01 István Gyöngy , Sizhou Wu

The paper deals with a Bolza optimal control problem for a dynamical system which motion is described by a delay differential equation under an initial condition defined by a piecewise continuous function. For the value functional in this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-20 Anton Plaksin

In this paper, we consider a linear-quadratic optimal control problem of mean-field stochastic differential equation with jump diffusion, which is also called as an MF-LQJ problem. Here, cost functional is allowed to be indefinite. We use…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-18 Guangchen Wang , Wencan Wang

In this article, we study optimal feedback control synthesis of stochastic 2D Navier-Stokes equations perturbed Levy type noise with distributed stochastic control process acting on the state equation. We use the dynamic programming…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-04-19 Manil. T. Mohan , K. Sakthivel , Sivaguru S. Sritharan

We investigate an optimal control problem for a diffusion whose drift and running cost are merely measurable in the state variable. Such low regularity rules out the use of Pontryagin's maximum principle and also invalidates the standard…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Kai Du , Qingmeng Wei

The paper aims at the development of an apparatus for analysis and construction of near optimal solutions of singularly perturbed (SP) optimal controls problems (that is, problems of optimal control of SP systems) considered on the infinite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-08-20 Vladimir Gaitsgory , Sergei Rossomakhine

We study the optimal control of general stochastic McKean-Vlasov equation. Such problem is motivated originally from the asymptotic formulation of cooperative equilibrium for a large population of particles (players) in mean-field…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-01-06 Huyên Pham , Xiaoli Wei

A notion of $L^p$-exact controllability is introduced for linear controlled (forward) stochastic differential equations, for which several sufficient conditions are established. Further, it is proved that the $L^p$-exact controllability,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-28 Yanqing Wang , Donghui Yang , Jiongmin Yong , Zhiyong Yu

We prove maximum principles for the problem of optimal control for a jump diffusion with infinite horizon and partial information. The results are applied to partial information optimal consumption and portfolio problems in infinite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-06-11 Sven Haadem , Bernt Øksendal , Frank Proske

We study the problem of optimal control of dissipative quantum dynamics. Although under most circumstances dissipation leads to an increase in entropy (or a decrease in purity) of the system, there is an important class of problems for…

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