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This paper studies a class of mean-field control (MFC) problems with singular controls under general dynamic state-control-law constraints. We first propose a customized relaxed control formulation to cope with the dynamic mixed constraints…

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By a memory mean-field process we mean the solution $X(\cdot)$ of a stochastic mean-field equation involving not just the current state $X(t)$ and its law $\mathcal{L}(X(t))$ at time $t$, but also the state values $X(s)$ and its law…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-03 Nacira Agram , Bernt Øksendal

We study a stochastic control problem for nonlinear systems governed by stochastic differential equations with irregular drift. The drift coefficient is assumed to decompose as $b(t,x,a)=b_1(t,x)+b_2(x)b_3(t,a)$, where $b_1$ is bounded and…

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We study methods for solving stochastic control problems of systems of forward-backward mean-field equations with delay, in finite or infinite horizon. Necessary and sufficient maximum principles under partial information are given. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-31 Nacira Agram , Elin Engen Rose

We study the problem of optimal inside control of an SPDE (a stochastic evolution equation) driven by a Brownian motion and a Poisson random measure. Our optimal control problem is new in two ways: (i) The controller has access to inside…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-31 Olfa Draouil , Bernt Øksendal

We consider a mean-field optimal control problem for stochastic differential equations with delay driven by fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter greater than one half. Stochastic optimal control problems driven by fractional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-02 Nacira Agram , Soukaina Douissi , Astrid Hilbert

We establish a stochastic maximum principle (SMP) for control problems of partially observed diffusions of mean-field type with risk-sensitive performance functionals.

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We consider the stochastic control of a semi-linear stochastic partial differential equations (SPDE) of McKean-Vlasov type. Based on a recent novel approach to the Lions derivative for Banach space valued functions, we prove the Gateaux…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Johan Benedikt Spille , Wilhelm Stannat

This paper addresses the challenge of time-inconsistent stochastic control within a continuous-time framework. Its primary focus lies in uncovering a probabilistic representation, specifically in the shape of a system of backward stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Dylan Possamaï , Mateo Rodriguez Polo

Variational methods have been used to study stochastic control for long, see Bensoussan (1982) and Bensoussan-Lions (1978) for the early works. More precisely, variational approaches apply to the study of Bellman equation as a parabolic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Alain Bensoussan , Ziyu Huang , Sheung Chi Phillip Yam

This paper studies a class of non$-$Markovian singular stochastic control problems, for which we provide a novel probabilistic representation. The solution of such control problem is proved to identify with the solution of a $Z-$constrained…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-27 Romuald Elie , Ludovic Moreau , Dylan Possamaï

Using a recently introduced representation of the second order adjoint state as the solution of a function-valued backward stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE), we calculate the viscosity super- and subdifferential of the value…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-06-27 Wilhelm Stannat , Lukas Wessels

In this paper, we consider a varying terminal time structure for the stochastic optimal control problem under state constraints, in which the terminal time varies with the mean value of the state. In this new stochastic optimal control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-05 Jin Shi , Shuzhen Yang

Motivated by recent interest in graphon mean field games and their applications, this paper provides a comprehensive probabilistic analysis of graphon mean field control (GMFC) problems, where the controlled dynamics are governed by a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-19 Zhongyuan Cao , Mathieu Laurière

In this paper, we first prove that the mean-field stochastic linear quadratic (MFSLQ for short) control problem with random coefficients has a unique optimal control and derive a preliminary stochastic maximum principle to characterize this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-28 Jie Xiong , Wen Xu

This paper studies a nonlinear open-loop mean field Stackelberg stochastic differential game by using the probabilistic method through the FBSDE system and the idea of taking control as the fixed point. We successively construct the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-08 Jianhui Huang , Qi Huang

This paper outlines a novel extension of the classical Pontryagin minimum (maximum) principle to stochastic optimal control problems. Contrary to the well-known stochastic Pontryagin minimum principle involving forward-backward stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Manfred Opper , Sebastian Reich

This paper is concerned with one kind of partially observed progressive optimal control problems of coupled forward-backward stochastic systems driven by both Brownian motion and Poisson random measure with risk-sensitive criteria. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Jingtao Lin , Jingtao Shi

In this article, we consider a stochastic linear quadratic control problem with partial observation. A near optimal control in the weak formulation is characterized. The main features of this paper are the presence of the control in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-27 Jingrui Sun , Jiaqiang Wen , Jie Xiong , Wen Xu