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Inverse problems are important mathematical problems that seek to recover model parameters from noisy data. Since inverse problems are often ill-posed, they require regularization or incorporation of prior information about the underlying…

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We present a partial-differential-equation-based optimal path-planning framework for curvature constrained motion, with application to vehicles in 2- and 3-spatial-dimensions. This formulation relies on optimal control theory, dynamic…

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We consider the nonlinear Kolmogorov equation posed in a Hilbert space $H$, not necessarily of finite dimension. This model was recently studied by Cox et al. [24] in the framework of weak convergence rates of stochastic wave models. Here,…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-07-06 Javier Castro

In this article, we provide a numerical method based on fitted finite volume method to approximate the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation coming from stochastic optimal control problems. The computational challenge is due to the nature…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-21 Christelle Dleuna Nyoumbi , Antoine Tambue

Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) reachability analysis has been developed over the past decades into a widely-applicable tool for determining goal satisfaction and safety verification in nonlinear systems. While HJ reachability can be formulated very…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-13 Vicenc Rubies-Royo , David Fridovich-Keil , Sylvia Herbert , Claire J. Tomlin

We consider the portfolio optimisation problem where the terminal function is an S-shaped utility applied at the difference between the wealth and a random benchmark process. We develop several numerical methods for solving the problem…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2024-10-10 Ashley Davey , Harry Zheng

First-order optimization algorithms are widely used today. Two standard building blocks in these algorithms are proximal operators (proximals) and gradients. Although gradients can be computed for a wide array of functions, explicit…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Stanley Osher , Howard Heaton , Samy Wu Fung

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

In this paper, we study a time-inconsistent stochastic optimal control problem with a recursive cost functional by a multi-person hierarchical differential game approach. An equilibrium strategy of this problem is constructed and a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-06-13 Qingmeng Wei , Jiongmin Yong , Zhiyong Yu

This paper presents the optimal control and synchronization problem of a multilevel network of R\"ossler chaotic oscillators. Using the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) technique, the optimal control law with three-state variables feedback is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-18 Thierry Njougouo , Victor Camargo , Patrick Louodop , Fernando F Ferreira , Pierre K. Talla , Hilda A. Cerdeira

This paper studies an optimal dividend problem with a drawdown constraint in a Brownian motion model, requiring the dividend payout rate to remain above a fixed proportion of its historical maximum. This leads to a path-dependent stochastic…

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The numerical realization of the dynamic programming principle for continuous-time optimal control leads to nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations which require the minimization of a nonlinear mapping over the set of admissible…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-02-26 Dante Kalise , Axel Kröner , Karl Kunisch

We explore the approximation of feedback control of integro-differential equations containing a fractional Laplacian term. To obtain feedback control for the state variable of this nonlocal equation we use the Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-19 Alessandro Alla , Marta D'Elia , Christian Glusa , Hugo Oliveira

We propose novel connections between several neural network architectures and viscosity solutions of some Hamilton--Jacobi (HJ) partial differential equations (PDEs) whose Hamiltonian is convex and only depends on the spatial gradient of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-05 Jérôme Darbon , Tingwei Meng

In this article, a notion of viscosity solutions is introduced for second order path-dependent Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (PHJB) equations associated with optimal control problems for path-dependent stochastic evolution equations in Hilbert…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-09-14 Jianjun Zhou

Neural network approaches that parameterize value functions have succeeded in approximating high-dimensional optimal feedback controllers when the Hamiltonian admits explicit formulas. However, many practical problems, such as the space…

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We consider a stochastic optimal control problem where the controller can anticipate the evolution of the driving noise over some dynamically changing time window. The controlled state dynamics are understood as a rough differential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Peter Bank , Franziska Bielert

We analyse two practical aspects that arise in the numerical solution of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equations by a particular class of monotone approximation schemes known as semi-Lagrangian schemes. These schemes make use of a wide…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-08 Christoph Reisinger , Julen Rotaetxe Arto

In optimal control problems of control-affine systems, whose solutions are bang-bang or singular type, verification of optimality using the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation involves the computation of partial derivatives of switching…

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