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In this paper, we consider the stochastic optimal control problem for jump diffusion systems with state constraints. In general, the value function of such problems is a discontinuous viscosity solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB)…

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Optimal control of interacting particles governed by stochastic evolution equations in Hilbert spaces is an open area of research. Such systems naturally arise in formulations where each particle is modeled by stochastic partial…

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The paper deals with a stochastic Galerkin approximation of elliptic Dirichlet boundary control problems with random input data. The expectation of a tracking cost functional with the deterministic constrained control is minimized. Error…

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We consider the value function originating from an expected utility maximization problem with finite fuel constraint and show its close relation to a nonlinear parabolic degenerated Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation with singularity.…

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In this paper, we prove a comparison result between semicontinuous viscosity sub and supersolutions growing at most quadratically of second-order degenerate parabolic Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman and Isaacs equations. As an application, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-02-12 Francesca Da Lio , Olivier Ley

The paper deals with path-dependent Hamilton-Jacobi equations with a coinvariant derivative which arise in investigations of optimal control problems and differential games for neutral-type systems in Hale's form. A viscosity (generalized)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-10 Anton Plaksin

Stochastic optimal control problems with constraints on the probability distribution of the final output are considered. Necessary conditions for optimality in the form of a coupled system of partial differential equations involving a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-10 Samuel Daudin

We establish a comparison principle for viscosity solutions of a class of nonlinear partial differential equations posed on the space of nonnegative finite measures, thereby extending recent results for PDEs defined on the Wasserstein space…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Ibrahim Ekren , Xihao He , Tianxu Lan , Xiaolu Tan

We study the existence and uniqueness of a solution for the multivalued stochastic differential equation with delay (the multivalued term is of subdifferential type): \[ \left\{\begin{array} [c]{r} dX(t)+\partial\varphi\left(X(t)\right)…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-05-31 Bakarime Diomande , Lucian Maticiuc

We study the stochastic solution to a Cauchy problem for a degenerate parabolic equation arising from option pricing. When the diffusion coefficient of the underlying price process is locally H\"older continuous with exponent $\delta\in (0,…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-07-15 Xiaoshan Chen , Yu-Jui Huang , Qingshuo Song , Chao Zhu

We consider an unconstrained tangential Dirichlet boundary control problem for the Stokes equations with an $ L^2 $ penalty on the boundary control. The contribution of this paper is twofold. First, we obtain well-posedness and regularity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-10 Wei Gong , Weiwei Hu , Mariano Mateos , John R. Singler , Yangwen Zhang

In this paper, we investigate a sparse optimal control of continuous-time stochastic systems. We adopt the dynamic programming approach and analyze the optimal control via the value function. Due to the non-smoothness of the $L^0$ cost…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-17 Kaito Ito , Takuya Ikeda , Kenji Kashima

We consider a stochastic control problem with the assumption that the system is controlled until the state process breaks the fixed barrier. Assuming some general conditions, it is proved that the resulting Hamilton Jacobi Bellman equations…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-24 Dariusz Zawisza

We consider an initial value problem for a Hamilton--Jacobi equation with a quadratic and degenerate Hamiltonian. Our Hamiltonian comes from the dynamics of $N$-peakon in the Camassa--Holm equation. It is given by a quadratic form with a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-06 Tomasz Cieślak , Jakub Siemianowski , Andrzej Święch

We study optimal control problems for interacting branching diffusion processes, a class of measure-valued dynamics capturing both spatial motion and branching mechanisms. From the perspective of the dynamic programming principle, we…

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In this work, we consider the following two- and three-dimensional stochastic convective Brinkman-Forchheimer (SCBF) equations in torus $\mathbb{T}^d,\ d\in\{2,3\}$: \begin{align*} \mathrm{d}\boldsymbol{u}+\left[-\mu…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-09 Sagar Gautam , Manil T. Mohan

In this paper, we study backward doubly stochastic recursive optimal control problem where the cost function is described by the solution of a backward doubly stochastic differential equation. We give the dynamical programming principle for…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-08-13 Yunhong Li , Anis. Matoussi , Lifeng Wei , Zhen Wu

We discuss several optimization procedures to solve finite element approximations of linear-quadratic Dirichlet optimal control problems governed by an elliptic partial differential equation posed on a 2D or 3D Lipschitz domain. The control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-25 Mariano Mateos

Based on a fixed point argument, we give a {\it dynamical representation} of the viscosity solution to Cauchy problem of certain weakly coupled systems of Hamilton-Jacobi equations with continuous initial datum. Using this formula, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-27 Liang Jin , Lin Wang , Jun Yan