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We show, under weaker assumptions than in the previous literature, that a perpetual optimal stopping game always has a value. We also show that there exists an optimal stopping time for the seller, but not necessarily for the buyer.…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-08-16 Erik Ekström , Stephane Villeneuve

We consider an optimal stopping problem with n correlated offers where the goal is to design a (randomized) stopping strategy that maximizes the expected value of the offer in the sequence at which we stop. Instead of assuming to know the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Pieter Kleer , Daan Noordenbos

This paper examines the retirement decision, optimal investment, and consumption strategies under an age-dependent force of mortality. We formulate the optimization problem as a combined stochastic control and optimal stopping problem with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-22 Giorgio Ferrari , Shihao Zhu

We study closed-loop stability and suboptimality for MPC and infinite-horizon optimal control solved using a surrogate model that differs from the real plant. We employ a unified framework based on quadratic costs to analyze both finite-…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-10 Robert H. Moldenhauer , Karl Worthmann , Romain Postoyan , Dragan Nešić , Mathieu Granzotto

In this paper we introduce and solve a class of optimal stopping problems of recursive type. In particular, the stopping payoff depends directly on the value function of the problem itself. In a multi-dimensional Markovian setting we show…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-23 Katia Colaneri , Tiziano De Angelis

In this paper, we investigate an interesting and important stopping problem mixed with stochastic controls and a \textit{nonsmooth} utility over a finite time horizon. The paper aims to develop new methodologies, which are significantly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-07-06 Chonghu Guan , Xun Li , Zuoquan Xu , Fahuai Yi

We present a general approach to prove existence of solutions for optimal control problems not based on typical convexity conditions which quite often are very hard, if not impossible, to check. By taking advantage of several relaxations of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-21 Pablo Pedregal , Jorge Tiago

This paper addresses an open problem in the area of linear quadratic optimal control. We consider the regular, infinite-horizon, stability-modulo-a-subspace, indefinite linear quadratic problem under the assumption that the dynamics are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-03 Marijan Vukosavljev , Angela P. Schoellig , Mireille E. Broucke

Infinite horizon open loop optimal control problems for semilinear parabolic equations are investigated. The controls are subject to a cost-functional which promotes sparsity in time. The focus is put on deriving first order optimality…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-14 Eduardo Casas , Karl Kunisch

A general time-inconsistent optimal control problem is considered for stochastic differential equations with deterministic coefficients. Under suitable conditions, a Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman type equation is derived for the equilibrium value…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-04-04 Jiongmin Yong

This paper is the continuation of "Pricing with coherent risk" and deals with further applications of coherent risk measures to problems of finance. First, we study the optimization problem. Three forms of this problem are considered.…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-12-10 Alexander S. Cherny

We use probabilistic methods to characterise time dependent optimal stopping boundaries in a problem of multiple optimal stopping on a finite time horizon. Motivated by financial applications we consider a payoff of immediate stopping of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-10 Tiziano De Angelis , Yerkin Kitapbayev

This paper proposes an optimal control problem for a parabolic equation with a nonlocal nonlinearity. The system is described by a parabolic equation involving a nonlinear term that depends on the solution and its integral over the domain.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-20 Cyrille Kenne , Landry Djomegne , Gisèle Mophou

This paper is concerned with a time-inconsistent recursive stochastic control problems where the forward state process is constrained through an additional recursive utility system. By adapting the Ekeland variational principle, necessary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-13 Elisa Mastrogiacomo , Marco Tarsia

An optimal ergodic control problem (EC problem, for short) is investigated for a linear stochastic differential equation with quadratic cost functional. Constant nonhomogeneous terms, not all zero, appear in the state equation, which lead…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-24 Hongwei Mei , Qingmeng Wei , Jiongmin Yong

This paper is concerned with the open-loop time-consistent solution of time-inconsistent mean-field stochastic linear-quadratic optimal control. Different from standard stochastic linear-quadratic problems, both the system matrices and the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-19 Yuan-Hua Ni , Ji-Feng Zhang , Miroslav Krstic

This paper considers the problem of regulating a dynamical system to equilibria that are defined as solutions of an input- and state-constrained optimization problem. To solve this regulation task, we design a state feedback controller…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-14 Yiting Chen , Liliaokeawawa Cothren , Jorge Cortes , Emiliano Dall'Anese

In this paper, we continue our study on a general time-inconsistent stochastic linear--quadratic (LQ) control problem originally formulated in [6]. We derive a necessary and sufficient condition for equilibrium controls via a flow of…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2015-05-27 Ying Hu , Hanqing Jin , Xun Yu Zhou

An optimal control problem driven by an ordinary differential equation under continuous state constraints is considered in this study. From an operational point of view, we introduce a discrete state constraints optimal control problem and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-04 Shuzhen Yang

We introduce a model of infinite horizon linear dynamic optimization with linear constraints and obtain results concerning feasibility of trajectories and optimal solutions necessarily satisfying conditions that resemble the Euler condition…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Somdeb Lahiri