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In this paper we study the finite-horizon optimal covariance steering problem for a continuous-time linear stochastic system subject to both additive and multiplicative noise. The noise can be continuous or it may contain jumps. Additive…

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An optimal control problem is studied for a linear mean-field stochastic differential equation with a quadratic cost functional. The coefficients and the weighting matrices in the cost functional are all assumed to be deterministic.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-26 Xun Li , Jingrui Sun , Jiongmin Yong

We describe a variational approach to solving optimal stopping problems for diffusion processes, as an alternative to the traditional approach based on the solution of the free-boundary problem. We study smooth pasting conditions from a…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-08-06 V. I. Arkin , A. D. Slastnikov

We first study an optimal stopping problem in which a player (an agent) uses a discrete stopping time in order to stop optimally a payoff process whose risk is evaluated by a (non-linear) $g$-expectation. We then consider a non-zero-sum…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-05-11 Miryana Grigorova , Marie-Claire Quenez

In this paper we derive a novel characterization result for time-consistent stochastic control problems with higher-order moments, originally formulated by Wang et al. [SIAM J. Control. Optim., 63 (2025), 1560--1589], and newly explore many…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Yike Wang , Jingzhen Liu , Jiaqin Wei

This paper is concerned with the uniqueness issue of open-loop equilibrium investment strategies of dynamic mean-variance portfolio selection problems with random coefficients. A unified method is developed to treat both the problems with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-06 Tianxiao Wang

In this paper, we investigate the global existence and uniqueness of strong solutions to 2D incompressible inhomogeneous Navier-Stokes equations with viscous coefficient depending on the density and with initial density being discontinuous…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-12 Marius Paicu , Ping Zhang

This paper mainly investigates the optimal control and stabilization problems for linear discrete-time Markov jump systems. The general case for the finite-horizon optimal controller is considered, where the input weighting matrix in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-15 Chunyan Han , Hongdan Li , Wei Wang , Huanshui Zhang

We characterise the value function of the optimal dividend problem with a finite time horizon as the unique classical solution of a suitable Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation. The optimal dividend strategy is realised by a Skorokhod…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-11-27 Tiziano De Angelis , Erik Ekström

In this paper, we consider how to construct the optimal solutions for a general discrete time infinite horizon optimal control problem. We establish necessary and sufficient conditions for optimality in the sense of a modified optimality…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-10-07 Dapeng Cai , Takashi Gyoshin Nitta

This paper focuses on a class of continuous-time controlled Markov chains with time-inconsistent and distribution-dependent cost functional (in some appropriate sense). A new definition of time-inconsistent distribution-dependent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-26 Hongwei Mei , George Yin

We consider a family of learning strategies for online optimization problems that evolve in continuous time and we show that they lead to no regret. From a more traditional, discrete-time viewpoint, this continuous-time approach allows us…

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In this paper we study a general optimal liquidation problem with a control-dependent stopping time which is the first time the stock holding becomes zero or a fixed terminal time, whichever comes first. We prove a stochastic maximum…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Riccardo Cesari , Harry Zheng

Linear-quadratic optimal control problems are considered for mean-field stochastic differential equations with deterministic coefficients. Time-inconsistency feature of the problems is carefully investigated. Both open-loop and closed-loop…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-05-07 Jiongmin Yong

In this paper, we study optimal liquidation problems in a randomly-terminated horizon. We consider the liquidation of a large single-asset portfolio with the aim of minimizing a combination of volatility risk and transaction costs arising…

Trading and Market Microstructure · Quantitative Finance 2017-09-19 Qing-Qing Yang , Wai-Ki Ching , Jia-Wen Gu , Tak Kwong Wong

In this paper, we study a mean-variance optimization problem in an infinite horizon discrete time discounted Markov decision process (MDP). The objective is to minimize the variance of system rewards with the constraint of mean performance.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-24 Li Xia

We study the Merton portfolio management problem within a complete market, non constant time discount rate and general utility framework. The non constant discount rate introduces time inconsistency which can be solved by introducing sub…

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We solve non-Markovian optimal switching problems in discrete time on an infinite horizon, when the decision maker is risk aware and the filtration is general, and establish existence and uniqueness of solutions for the associated reflected…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-09 Randall Martyr , John Moriarty , Magnus Perninge

We consider an unregularized optimal control problem subject to the steady-state Navier-Stokes equations. We derive the existence of optimal solutions and prove first- and second-order optimality conditions. To approximate solutions to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Francisco Fuica , Nicolai Jork