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This paper is devoted to a study of infinite horizon optimal control problems with time discounting and time averaging criteria in discrete time. It is known that these problems are related to certain infinite-dimensional linear programming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-26 Ilya Shvartsman

This paper is concerned with a discounted stochastic optimal control problem for regime switching diffusion in an infinite horizon. First, as a preliminary with particular interests in its own right, the global well-posedness of infinite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-06 Kai Ding , Xun Li , Siyu Lv , Xin Zhang

In this paper, we introduce a new method for study on backward stochastic differential equations with stopping time as time horizon. And using this, we show that some results on backward stochastic differential equations with constant time…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-08-30 Mun-Chol Kim , Chol-Kyu Pak

Equivalences are known between problems of singular stochastic control (SSC) with convex performance criteria and related questions of optimal stopping, see for example Karatzas and Shreve [SIAM J. Control Optim. 22 (1984)]. The aim of this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-13 Tiziano De Angelis , Giorgio Ferrari , John Moriarty

We consider the hedging error of a derivative due to discrete trading in the presence of a drift in the dynamics of the underlying asset. We suppose that the trader wishes to find rebalancing times for the hedging portfolio which enable him…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-07-18 Jiatu Cai , Masaaki Fukasawa , Mathieu Rosenbaum , Peter Tankov

This paper investigates risk measures derived from the expected maximum deficit in a continuous-time framework and develops optimal reserve allocation strategies across multiple lines of business. We formalize the expected maximum deficit…

Risk Management · Quantitative Finance 2026-05-19 Claude Lefevre , Pierre Zuyderhoff

We consider the problem of simultaneous learning in stochastic games with many players in the finite-horizon setting. While the typical target solution for a stochastic game is a Nash equilibrium, this is intractable with many players. We…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-27 William Brown

This paper considers the infinite horizon optimal control problem for nonlinear systems. Under the condition of nonlinear controllability of the system to any terminal set containing the origin and forward invariance of the terminal set, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Mohamed Naveed Gul Mohamed , Abhijeet , Aayushman Sharma , Raman Goyal , Suman Chakravorty

This paper focuses on infinite-horizon optimal control problems for dissipative systems and the relations to their finite-horizon formulations. We show that, for a large class of problems, dissipativity of the state equation, when a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Matteo Della Rossa , Thiago Alves Lima , Lorenzo Freddi

In this paper we investigate an adaptive discretization strategy for ill-posed linear prob- lems combined with a regularization from a class of semiiterative methods. We show that such a discretization approach in combination with a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-22 Wolfgang Erb , Evgeniya V. Semenova

The stability analysis of model predictive control schemes without terminal constraints and/or costs has attracted considerable attention during the last years. We pursue a recently proposed approach which can be used to determine a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-16 Philipp Braun , Jürgen Pannek , Karl Worthmann

This paper proposes a finite-horizon approximation scheme and introduces episodic equilibrium as a solution concept for stochastic games (SGs), where agents strategize based on the current state and episode stage. The paper also establishes…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Muhammed O. Sayin

We prove the existence of a Markov-perfect equilibrium in randomized stopping times for a model of the war of attrition in which the underlying state variable follows a homogenous linear diffusion. The proof uses the fact that the space of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-21 Jean-Paul Décamps , Fabien Gensbittel , Thomas Mariotti

In this article we study a class of generalised linear systems of difference equations with given boundary conditions and assume that the boundary value problem is non-consistent, i.e. it has infinite many or no solutions. We take into…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-10-27 Nicholas Apostolopoulos , Fernando Ortega , Grigoris Kalogeropoulos

Estimation of solution norms and stability for time-dependent nonlinear systems is ubiquitous in numerous engineering, natural science and control problems. Yet, practically valuable results are rare in this area. This paper develops a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-01-22 Mark A. Pinsky , Steve Koblik

A continuous-time Markowitz's mean-variance portfolio selection problem is studied in a market with one stock, one bond, and proportional transaction costs. This is a singular stochastic control problem,inherently in a finite time horizon.…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2022-01-07 Min Dai , Zuo Quan Xu , Xun Yu Zhou

We consider $n$ risk-averse agents who compete for liquidity in an Almgren--Chriss market impact model. Mathematically, this situation can be described by a Nash equilibrium for a certain linear-quadratic differential game with state…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-07-08 Alexander Schied , Tao Zhang

In this paper, we investigate the Merton portfolio management problem in the context of non-exponential discounting. This gives rise to time-inconsistency of the decision-maker. If the decision-maker at time t=0 can commit his/her…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2008-12-02 Ivar Ekeland , Traian A. Pirvu

We prove existence of a value for two-player zero-sum stopper vs. singular-controller games on finite-time horizon, when the underlying dynamics is one-dimensional, diffusive and bound to evolve in $[0,\infty)$. We show that the value is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-26 Andrea Bovo , Tiziano De Angelis

This paper studies an infinite horizon optimal control problem for discrete-time linear systems and quadratic criteria, both with random parameters which are independent and identically distributed with respect to time. A classical approach…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-11 Kai Du , Qingxin Meng , Fu Zhang