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We consider a data-driven formulation of the classical discrete-time stochastic control problem. Our approach exploits the natural structure of many such problems, in which significant portions of the system are uncontrolled. Employing the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-25 Boris Baros , Samuel N. Cohen , Christoph Reisinger

We study a class of stochastic exchangeable teams with a finite number of decision makers (DMs) as well as their mean-field limits with infinitely many DMs. In the finite population regime, we study exchangeable teams under the centralized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Sina Sanjari , Naci Saldi , Serdar Yüksel

This paper is concerned with optimal control problems for systems governed by mean-field stochastic differential equation, in which the control enters both the drift and the diffusion coefficient. We prove that the relaxed state process,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-03 Khaled Bahlali , Meriem Mezerdi , Brahim Mezerdi

We study a class of stochastic exchangeable teams comprising a finite number of decision makers (DMs) as well as their mean-field limits involving infinite numbers of DMs. In the finite population regime, we study exchangeable teams under…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-26 Sina Sanjari , Naci Saldi , Serdar Yüksel

In this paper, we study a regularised relaxed optimal control problem and, in particular, we are concerned with the case where the control variable is of large dimension. We introduce a system of mean-field Langevin equations, the invariant…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-10-07 Kaitong Hu , Anna Kazeykina , Zhenjie Ren

The mean-field control problem for a multi-dimensional diffusion-aggregation system with Coulomb interaction (the so called parabolic elliptic Keller-Segel system) is considered. The existence of optimal control is proved through the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-21 Li Chen , Yucheng Wang , Zhao Wang

The optimal control of epidemic-like stochastic processes is important both historically and for emerging applications today, where it can be especially important to include time-varying parameters that impact viral epidemic-like…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-02 Yingdong Lu , Mark S. Squillante , Chai Wah Wu

The mean-field limit in a weakly interacting stochastic many-particle system for multiple population species in the whole space is proved. The limiting system consists of cross-diffusion equations, modeling the segregation of populations.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Li Chen , Esther S. Daus , Ansgar Jüngel

This paper studies a large number of homogeneous Markov decision processes where the transition probabilities and costs are coupled in the empirical distribution of states (also called mean-field). The state of each process is not known to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-03 Jalal Arabneydi , Amir G. Aghdam

Large-scale competitive platforms are interacting multi-agent systems in which latent skills drift over time and pairwise interactions are shaped by matchmaking. We study a controlled rating dynamics in the mean-field limit and derive a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Wataru Nozawa

This study addresses primal-dual dynamics for a stochastic programming problem for capacity network design. It is proven that consensus can be achieved on the \textit{here and now} variables which represent the capacity of the network. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-11 Casper T. Röling , Dario Bauso , Hamidou Tembine

Many applications involving multi-agent systems require fulfilling safety constraints. Control barrier functions offer a systematic framework to enforce forward invariance of safety sets. Recent work extended this paradigm to mean-field…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-20 Cinzia Tomaselli , Gian Carlo Maffettone , Samy Wu Fung , Levon Nurbekyan , Mario di Bernardo

We consider a dynamic collective choice problem where a large number of players are cooperatively choosing between multiple destinations while being influenced by the behavior of the group. For example, in a robotic swarm exploring a new…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-06-17 Rabih Salhab , Jerome Le Ny , Roland P. Malhamé

We consider a class of optimal control problems that arise in connection with optimal advertising under uncertainty. Two main features appear in the model: a delay in the control variable driving the state dynamics; a mean-field term both…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-04 Michele Ricciardi , Mauro Rosestolato

Opinion dynamics is nowadays a very common field of research. In this article we formulate and then study a novel, namely strategic perspective on such dynamics: There are the usual normal agents that update their opinions, for instance…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-09 Rainer Hegselmann , Stefan König , Sascha Kurz , Christoph Niemann , Jörg Rambau

Mean-field models are a popular tool in a variety of fields. They provide an understanding of the impact of interactions among a large number of particles or people or other "self-interested agents", and are an increasingly popular tool in…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-04-18 Ana Bušić , Sean Meyn

In this paper, we investigate a mean-field singular stochastic optimal control problem for systems governed by mean-field regime-switching singular stochastic differential equations. The state process is assumed to depend on both a regular…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Maalvladédon Ganet Somé , Edward Korveh

In this article, we propose a new unifying framework for the investigation of multi-agent control problems in the mean-field setting. Our approach is based on a new definition of differential inclusions for continuity equations formulated…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-15 Benoît Bonnet , Hélène Frankowska

We study high-dimensional stochastic optimal control problems in which many agents cooperate to minimize a convex cost functional. We consider both the full-information problem, in which each agent observes the states of all other agents,…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-01-10 Joe Jackson , Daniel Lacker

This paper studies a mean field game inspired by crowd motion in which agents evolve in a compact domain and want to reach its boundary minimizing the sum of their travel time and a given boundary cost. Interactions between agents occur…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-31 Samer Dweik , Guilherme Mazanti