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We study methods for solving stochastic control problems of systems of forward-backward mean-field equations with delay, in finite or infinite horizon. Necessary and sufficient maximum principles under partial information are given. The…

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In this paper we investigate a path dependent optimal control problem on the process space with both drift and volatility controls, with possibly degenerate volatility. The dynamic value function is characterized by a fully nonlinear second…

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We consider a finite-time stochastic drift control problem with the assumption that the control is bounded and the system is controlled until the state process leaves the half-line. Assuming general conditions, it is proved that the…

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We consider a stochastic control problem with the assumption that the system is controlled until the state process breaks the fixed barrier. Assuming some general conditions, it is proved that the resulting Hamilton Jacobi Bellman equations…

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This paper extends the theory of regular solutions ($C^1$ in a suitable sense) for a class of semilinear elliptic equations in Hilbert spaces. The notion of regularity is based on the concept of $G$-derivative, which is introduced and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-07-25 Salvatore Federico , Fausto Gozzi

Autonomous systems have witnessed a rapid increase in their capabilities, but it remains a challenge for them to perform tasks both effectively and safely. The fact that performance and safety can sometimes be competing objectives renders…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-04 Hao Wang , Adityaya Dhande , Somil Bansal

Stochastic production planning problems were studied in several works; the model with one production good was discussed in [3]. The extension to several economic goods is not a trivial issue as one can see from the recent works [4], [5] and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-02 Elena Cristina Canepa , Dragos-Patru Covei , Traian A. Pirvu

In the present work we employ, for the first time, backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) to study the optimal control of semi-Markov processes on finite horizon, with general state and action spaces. More precisely, we prove…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-05-27 Elena Bandini , Fulvia Confortola

Navigating a collision-free and optimal trajectory for a robot is a challenging task, particularly in environments with moving obstacles such as humans. We formulate this problem as a stochastic optimal control problem. Since solving the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Seyyed Reza Jafari , Anders Hansson , Bo Wahlberg

This paper introduces the formalism required to analyze a certain class of stochastic control problems that involve a super diffusion as the underlying controlled system. To establish the existence of these processes, we show that they are…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-11-19 Antonio Ocello

We study semi Lagrangian approximation schemes for Hamilton Jacobi Bellman equations arising from finite horizon optimal control problems. Classical error estimates for these schemes include the term $\frac{1}{\Delta t}$ which leads to…

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Optimal control and the associated second-order path-dependent Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (PHJB) equation are studied for unbounded functional stochastic evolution systems in Hilbert spaces. The notion of viscosity solution without…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-27 Shanjian Tang , Jianjun Zhou

This paper is concerned with a stochastic recursive optimal control problem with time delay, where the controlled system is described by a stochastic differential delayed equation (SDDE) and the cost functional is formulated as the solution…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-08-26 Jingtao Shi , Huanshui Zhang

We consider optimal control problems for partial differential equations where the controls take binary values but vary over the time horizon, they can thus be seen as dynamic switches. The switching patterns may be subject to combinatorial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-04 Christoph Buchheim , Alexandra Grütering , Christian Meyer

This paper investigates a Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) analysis to solve finite-horizon optimal control problems for high-dimensional systems. Although grid-based methods, such as the level-set method [1], numerically solve a general class of HJ…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-28 Donggun Lee , Claire J. Tomlin

We consider boundary value problems for semilinear hyperbolic systems of the type $$ \partial_tu_j + a_j(x,\la)\partial_xu_j + b_j(x,\la,u) = 0, \; x\in(0,1), \;j=1,\dots,n $$ with smooth coefficient functions $a_j$ and $b_j$ such that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-10 I. Kmit , L. Recke

In this work we investigate regularity properties of a large class of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equations with or without obstacles, which can be stochastically interpreted in form of a stochastic control system which nonlinear cost…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-02-08 Rainer Buckdahn , Jianhui Huang , Juan Li

We consider a class of infinite-dimensional singular stochastic control problems. These can be thought of as spatial monotone follower problems and find applications in spatial models of production and climate transition. Let…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Salvatore Federico , Giorgio Ferrari , Frank Riedel , Michael Röckner

Recent results in the study of the Hamilton Jacobi Bellman (HJB) equation have led to the discovery of a formulation of the value function as a linear Partial Differential Equation (PDE) for stochastic nonlinear systems with a mild…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-02-13 Matanya B. Horowitz , Joel W. Burdick