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In this paper, we introduce a novel deep learning based solution to the Powered-Descent Guidance (PDG) problem, grounded in principles of nonlinear Stochastic Optimal Control (SOC) and Feynman-Kac theory. Our algorithm solves the PDG…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-02 Marcus A. Pereira , Camilo A. Duarte , Ioannis Exarchos , Evangelos A. Theodorou

Stochastic optimal control, which has the goal of driving the behavior of noisy systems, is broadly applicable in science, engineering and artificial intelligence. Our work introduces Stochastic Optimal Control Matching (SOCM), a novel…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-14 Carles Domingo-Enrich , Jiequn Han , Brandon Amos , Joan Bruna , Ricky T. Q. Chen

This paper examines the stochastic maximum principle (SMP) for a forward-backward stochastic control system where the backward state equation is characterized by the backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE) with quadratic growth and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-22 Shaolin Ji , Rundong Xu

We propose a sampling-based trajectory optimization methodology for constrained problems. We extend recent works on stochastic search to deal with box control constraints,as well as nonlinear state constraints for discrete dynamical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-13 George I. Boutselis , Ziyi Wang , Evangelos A. Theodorou

This paper proposes a new indirect solution method for solving state-constrained optimal control problems by revisiting the well-established optimal control theory and addressing the long-standing issue of discontinuous control and costate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-08 Kenshiro Oguri

The optimal control problem of stochastic systems is commonly solved via robust or scenario-based optimization methods, which are both challenging to scale to long optimization horizons. We cast the optimal control problem of a stochastic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Etienne Buehrle , Christoph Stiller

Stochastic maximum principle (SMP) specifies a necessary condition for the solution of a stochastic optimal control problem. The condition involves a coupled system of forward and backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDE) for the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-05 Amirhossein Taghvaei

This work proposes a method for solving linear stochastic optimal control (SOC) problems using sum of squares and semidefinite programming. Previous work had used polynomial optimization to approximate the value function, requiring a high…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-09-23 Matanya B. Horowitz , Ivan Papusha , Joel W. Burdick

Stochastic Optimal Control (SOC) problems arise in systems influenced by uncertainty, such as autonomous robots or financial models. Traditional methods like dynamic programming are often intractable for high-dimensional, nonlinear systems…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-25 Apurva Patil

We propose a numerical method for the computation of the forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDE) appearing in the Feynman-Kac representation of the value function in stochastic optimal control problems. By the use of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-29 Kelsey P. Hawkins , Ali Pakniyat , Evangelos Theodorou , Panagiotis Tsiotras

We consider stochastic convex optimization problems with affine constraints and develop several methods using either primal or dual approach to solve it. In the primal case, we use a special penalization technique to make the initial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-13 Eduard Gorbunov , Darina Dvinskikh , Alexander Gasnikov

This paper investigates a new class of homogeneous stochastic control problems with cone control constraints, extending the classical homogeneous stochastic linear-quadratic (LQ) framework to encompass nonlinear system dynamics and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Ying Hu , Xiaomin Shi , Zuo Quan Xu

This paper investigates optimal control problems for delayed systems governed by Infinitely Anticipated Backward Stochastic Differential Equations (IABSDEs). Unlike existing frameworks limited to bounded delays, we introduce a generalized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Guanwei Cheng

Backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE) provides probabilistic solutions for a class of parabolic partial differential equations (PDEs). DeepBSDE and FBSNN are two deep learning approaches for solving high-dimensional PDEs through…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-29 Zhao Zhang , Zhuopeng Hou

Differential equations (DE) constrained optimization plays a critical role in numerous scientific and engineering fields, including energy systems, aerospace engineering, ecology, and finance, where optimal configurations or control…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Vincenzo Di Vito , Mostafa Mohammadian , Kyri Baker , Ferdinando Fioretto

In this work, we propose a novel safe and scalable decentralized solution for multi-agent control in the presence of stochastic disturbances. Safety is mathematically encoded using stochastic control barrier functions and safe controls are…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-06-09 Marcus A. Pereira , Augustinos D. Saravanos , Oswin So , Evangelos A. Theodorou

A modified Deep BSDE (backward differential equation) learning method with measurability loss, called Deep BSDE-ML method, is introduced in this paper to solve a kind of linear decoupled forward-backward stochastic differential equations…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-06 Yutian Wang , Yuan-Hua Ni

This work introduces a stochastic model predictive control scheme for dynamic chance constraints. We consider linear discrete-time systems affected by unbounded additive stochastic disturbance. To synthesize an optimal controller, we solve…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-26 Maico Hendrikus Wilhelmus Engelaar , Sofie Haesaert , Mircea Lazar

Stochastic optimal control (SOC) aims to direct the behavior of noisy systems and has widespread applications in science, engineering, and artificial intelligence. In particular, reward fine-tuning of diffusion and flow matching models and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Carles Domingo-Enrich

Many real world stochastic control problems suffer from the "curse of dimensionality". To overcome this difficulty, we develop a deep learning approach that directly solves high-dimensional stochastic control problems based on Monte-Carlo…

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