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Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-12-19 Ping Lin , Jiongmin Yong

We consider the control problem of the stochastic Navier-Stokes equations in multidimensional domains introduced in \cite{ocpc} restricted to noise terms defined by Q-Wiener processes. Using a stochastic maximum principle, we derive a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Peter Benner , Christoph Trautwein

In this paper, the optimal control problem of neutral stochastic functional differential equation (NSFDE) is discussed. A class of so-called neutral backward stochastic functional equations of Volterra type (VNBSFEs) are introduced as the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-01-15 Wenning Wei

In this paper we prove necessary conditions for optimality of a stochastic control problem for a class of stochastic partial differential equations that is controlled through the boundary. This kind of problems can be interpreted as a…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-12-05 Giuseppina Guatteri

We address the optimal control of stochastic Volterra integral equations with delay through the lens of Hida-Malliavin calculus. We show that the corresponding adjoint processes satisfy an anticipated backward stochastic Volterra integral…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-20 Roméo Kouassi Konan , Auguste Aman

In this paper, we investigate the optimal control problems for stochastic differential equations (SDEs in short) of mean-field type with jump processes. The control variable is allowed to enter into both diffusion and jump terms. This…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-27 Mokhtar Hafayed , Syed Abbas

In this paper, we consider a class of stochastic control problems for stochastic differential equations with random coefficients. The control domain need not to be convex but the control process is not allowed to enter in diffusion term.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-06 Ishak Alia , Mohamed Sofiane Alia

This work establishes two versions of the Pontryagin-type maximum principles for partially observed optimal control of coupled forward stochastic partial differential equations (FSPDEs) and backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Hongjiang Qian , George Yin , Yanzhao Cao , Guannan Zhang

In this paper, we study two kinds of singular optimal controls (SOCs for short) problems where the systems governed by forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDEs for short), in which the control has two components: the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-22 Liangquan Zhang

This paper is the first part of our series work to establish pointwise second-order necessary conditions for stochastic optimal controls. In this part, both drift and diffusion terms may contain the control variable but the control region…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-09-10 Haisen Zhang , Xu Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to establish the first and second order necessary conditions for stochastic optimal controls in infinite dimensions. The control system is governed by a stochastic evolution equation, in which both drift and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-27 Hélène Frankowska , Xu Zhang

We analyze optimal control problems for multiple Fredholm and Volterra integral equations. These are non Pontryaginian optimal control problems, i.e. an extremum principle of Pontryagin type does not hold. We obtain first order necessary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-16 S. A. Belbas

We provide sufficient conditions that guarantee the existence of relaxed optimal controls in the weak formulation of stochastic control problems for stochastic Volterra equations (SVEs). Our study can be applied to rough processes that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-18 Andrés Cárdenas , Sergio Pulido , Rafael Serrano

In this paper, we consider stochastic optimal control of systems driven by stochastic differential equations with irregular drift coefficient. We establish a necessary and sufficient stochastic maximum principle. To achieve this, we first…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-18 Olivier Menoukeu-Pamen , Ludovic Tangpi

This paper focuses on the optimal control of a class of stochastic Volterra integral equations. Here the coefficients are regular and not assumed to be of convolution type. We show that, under mild regularity assumptions, these equations…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Dylan Possamaï , Mehdi Talbi

In this paper, we study the optimal control of a discrete-time stochastic differential equation (SDE) of mean-field type, where the coefficients can depend on both a function of the law and the state of the process. We establish a new…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-05 Arzu Ahmadova , Nazim I. Mahmudov

We consider an optimal control problem for infinite horizon systems governed by coupled forward-backward stochastic Volterra integral equations with delay. Using Hida-Malliavin calculus, we prove both sufficient and necessary maximum…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Ibtissem Djaber , Hafiane Nawel , Samia Yakhlef

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

The main purpose of this paper is to establish the first and second order necessary optimality conditions for stochastic optimal controls using the classical variational analysis approach. The control system is governed by a stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-09 Hélène Frankowska , Haisen Zhang , Xu Zhang

This paper investigates a class of controlled stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) arising in the modeling of composite materials with spatially varying properties. The state equation describes the evolution of a material…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-24 Nacira Agram , Isabelle Turpin , Eya Zougar