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This paper provides a unifying theoretical framework for stochastic optimization algorithms by means of a latent stochastic variational problem. Using techniques from stochastic control, the solution to the variational problem is shown to…

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We propose a new method for the numerical solution of the forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDE) appearing in the Feynman-Kac representation of the value function in stochastic optimal control problems. Using Girsanov's…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-20 Kelsey P. Hawkins , Ali Pakniyat , Evangelos Theodorou , Panagiotis Tsiotras

In this paper, we present a scalable deep learning approach to solve opinion dynamics stochastic optimal control problems with mean field term coupling in the dynamics and cost function. Our approach relies on the probabilistic…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Tianrong Chen , Ziyi Wang , Evangelos A. Theodorou

In this paper, we study the maximum principle for stochastic optimal control problems of forward-backward stochastic difference systems (FBS{\Delta}Ss) where the uncertainty is modeled by a discrete time, finite state process, rather than…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-10 Shailin Ji , Haodong Liu

The maximum principle for optimal control problems of fully coupled forward-backward doubly stochastic differential equations (FBDSDEs in short) in the global form is obtained, under the assumptions that the diffusion coefficients do not…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-05-28 Liangquan Zhang , Yufeng Shi

The aim of this work is to propose an extension of the deep solver by Han, Jentzen, E (2018) to the case of forward backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDEs) with jumps. As in the aforementioned solver, starting from a discretized…

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We propose a deep signature/log-signature FBSDE algorithm to solve forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDEs) with state and path dependent features. By incorporating the deep signature/log-signature transformation into the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-22 Qi Feng , Man Luo , Zhaoyu Zhang

This is one of our series papers on multistep schemes for solving forward backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDEs) and related problems. Here we extend (with non-trivial updates) our multistep schemes in [W. Zhao, Y. Fu and T.…

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In this paper, we consider a stochastic decision problem for a system governed by a stochastic differential equation, in which an optimal decision is made in such a way to minimize a vector-valued accumulated cost over a finite-time horizon…

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The paper studies the First Order BSPDEs (Backward Stochastic Partial Differential Equations) suggested earlier for a case of multidimensional state domain with a boundary. These equations represent analogs of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2018-10-31 Nikolai Dokuchaev

We a controlled system driven by a coupled forward-backward stochastic differential equation (FBSDE) with a non degenerate diffusion matrix. The cost functional is defined by the solution of the controlled backward stochastic differential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-02 Khaled Bahlali , Omar Kebiri , Brahim Mezerdi , Ahmed Mtiraoui

Motivated from time-inconsistent stochastic control problems, we introduce a new type of coupled forward-backward stochastic systems, namely, flows of forward-backward stochastic differential equations. They are systems consisting of a…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-04-28 Yushi Hamaguchi

In this work, we extend deep learning-based numerical methods to fully coupled forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDEs) within a non-Markovian framework. Error estimates and convergence are provided. In contrast to the…

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We consider a discrete-time formulation for a class of high-dimensional stochastic joint replenishment problems. First, we approximate the problem by a continuous-time impulse control problem. Exploiting connections among the impulse…

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We study an optimal control problem on infinite time horizon with semimartingale strategies, random coefficients and regime switching. The value function and the optimal strategy can be characterized in terms of three systems of backward…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-27 Xinman Cheng , Guanxing Fu , Xiaonyu Xia

In this paper we propose a new methodology for decision-making under uncertainty using recent advancements in the areas of nonlinear stochastic optimal control theory, applied mathematics, and machine learning. Grounded on the fundamental…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-12 Marcus Pereira , Ziyi Wang , Ioannis Exarchos , Evangelos A. Theodorou

In this paper we study a class of infinite horizon fully coupled forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDEs), that are stimulated by various continuous time future expectations models with random coefficients. Under standard…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-09-29 Xanthi-Isidora Kartala , Nikolaos Englezos , Athanasios N. Yannacopoulos

This paper introduces a new formulation for stochastic optimal control and stochastic dynamic optimization that ensures safety with respect to state and control constraints. The proposed methodology brings together concepts such as…

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A robust control problem is considered in this paper, where the controlled stochastic differential equations (SDEs) include ambiguity parameters and their coefficients satisfy non-Lipschitz continuous and non-linear growth conditions, the…

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