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By extending \cite{bensoussan2015control}, we implement the proposal of Lions \cite{lions14} on studying mean field games and their master equations via certain control problems on the Hilbert space of square integrable random variables. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-01 Alain Bensoussan , P. Jameson Graber , S. C. P. Yam

We propose a new approach to studying classical solutions of the Bellman equation and Master equation for mean field type control problems, using a novel form of the "lifting" idea introduced by P.-L. Lions. Rather than studying the usual…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-05-10 Alain Bensoussan , P. Jameson Graber , Sheung Chi Phillip Yam

This paper is devoted to a viscosity solution theory of the stochastic Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation in the Wasserstein spaces for the mean-field type control problem which allows for random coefficients and may thus be non-Markovian.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-24 Hang Cheung , Jinniao Qiu , Alexandru Badescu

In this article, we provide an original systematic global-in-time analysis of mean field type control problems on $\mathbb{R}^n$ with generic cost functionals by the modified approach but not the same, firstly proposed in [7], as the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-09 Alain Bensoussan , Ho Man Tai , Sheung Chi Phillip Yam

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

In this article, we provide sufficient conditions under which the controlled vector fields solution of optimal control problems formulated on continuity equations are Lipschitz regular in space. Our approach involves a novel combination of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Benoît Bonnet , Francesco Rossi

Since its introduction by P.L. Lions in his lectures and seminars at the College de France, see [9], and also the very helpful notes of Cardialaguet [4] on Lions' lectures, the Master Equation has attracted a lot of interest, and various…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-27 Alain Bensoussan , Jens Frehse , Phillip Yam

The purpose of this work is to introduce a notion of weak solution to the master equation of a potential mean field game and to prove that existence and uniqueness hold under quite general assumptions. Remarkably, this is achieved without…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-30 Alekos Cecchin , François Delarue

In this paper, we study the maximum principle of mean field type control problems when the volatility function depends on the state and its measure and also the control, by using our recently developed method. Our method is to embed the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-14 Alain Bensoussan , Ziyu Huang , Sheung Chi Phillip Yam

We provide a unified approach to find equilibrium solutions for time-inconsistent problems with distribution dependent rewards, which are important to the study of behavioral finance and economics. Our approach is based on {\it equilibrium…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2022-04-11 Zongxia Liang , Fengyi Yuan

We study a stochastic optimal control problem for a partially observed diffusion. By using the control randomization method in [4], we prove a corresponding randomized dynamic programming principle (DPP) for the value function, which is…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-09-12 Elena Bandini , Andrea Cosso , Marco Fuhrman , Huyên Pham

Several concepts of generalized differentiation in Wasserstein space have been proposed in order to deal with the intrinsic nonsmoothness arising in the context of optimization problems in Wasserstein spaces. In this paper we introduce a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-20 Rossana Capuani , Antonio Marigonda , Marc Quincampoix

We develop a general theoretical framework for optimal probability density control on standard measure spaces, aimed at addressing large-scale multi-agent control problems. In particular, we establish a maximum principle (MP) for control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Nathan Gaby , Xiaojing Ye

In this paper we study a mean field control problem in which particles are absorbed when they reach the boundary of a smooth domain. The value of the N-particle problem is described by a hierarchy of Hamilton-Jacobi equations which are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Pierre Cardaliaguet , Joe Jackson , Panagiotis E. Souganidis

We study the properties of the value function associated with an optimal control problem with uncertainties, known as average or Riemann-Stieltjes problem. Uncertainties are assumed to belong to a compact metric probability space, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-19 M. Soledad Aronna , Michele Palladino , Oscar Sierra

Standard stochastic control methods assume that the probability distribution of uncertain variables is available. Unfortunately, in practice, obtaining accurate distribution information is a challenging task. To resolve this issue, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-13 Insoon Yang

We study the Bellman equation in the Wasserstein space arising in the study of mean field control problems, namely stochastic optimal control problems for McKean-Vlasov diffusion processes.Using the standard notion of viscosity solution \`a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-10 Andrea Cosso , Fausto Gozzi , Idris Kharroubi , Huyên Pham , Mauro Rosestolato

In his lectures at College de France, P.L. Lions introduced the concept of Master equation, see [5] for Mean Field Games. It is introduced in a heuristic fashion, from the system of partial differential equations, associated to a Nash…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-11-06 Alain Bensoussan , Jens Frehse , Phillip Yam

We study the optimal control of path-dependent McKean-Vlasov equations valued in Hilbert spaces motivated by non Markovian mean-field models driven by stochastic PDEs. We first establish the well-posedness of the state equation, and then we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-21 Andrea Cosso , Fausto Gozzi , Idris Kharroubi , Huyên Pham , Mauro Rosestolato

The objective of this paper is to provide an equivalent of the theory developed in P.~Cardaliaguet, F.~Delarue, J.M.~Lasry, P.L.~Lions \cite{CDLL}, following the approach of control on Hilbert spaces introduced by the authors in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-12 Alain Bensoussan , P. Jameson Graber , Phillip Yam
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