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We study the time-inconsistent linear quadratic optimal control problem for forward-backward stochastic differential equations with potentially indefinite cost weighting matrices for both the state and the control variables. Our research…

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In this paper, we study a class of stochastic time-inconsistent linear-quadratic (LQ) control problems with control input constraints. These problems are investigated within the more general framework associated with random coefficients.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-29 Ying Hu , Jianhui Huang , Xun Li

In this paper, which is a continuation of the previously published discrete time paper we develop a theory for continuous time stochastic control problems which, in various ways, are time inconsistent in the sense that they do not admit a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-12-13 Tomas Björk , Mariana Khapko , Agatha Murgoci

We address the problem of computing a control for a time-dependent nonlinear system to reach a target set in a minimal time. To solve this minimal time control problem, we introduce a hierarchy of linear semi-infinite programs, the values…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-04 Antoine Oustry , Matteo Tacchi

We consider three equilibrium concepts proposed in the literature for time-inconsistent stopping problems, including mild equilibria, weak equilibria and strong equilibria. The discount function is assumed to be log sub-additive and the…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-11-04 Erhan Bayraktar , Zhenhua Wang , Zhou Zhou

This paper studies the dividend and capital injection problem under a diffusion risk model with general discount functions. A proportional cost is imposed when injecting capitals. For exponential discounting as time-consistent benchmark, we…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2025-05-30 Sang Hu , Zihan Zhou

We study an infinite-horizon discrete-time optimal stopping problem under non-exponential discounting. A new method, which we call the iterative approach, is developed to find subgame perfect Nash equilibria. When the discount function…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-15 Yu-Jui Huang , Zhou Zhou

This paper is concerned with a time-inconsistent stochastic optimal control problem in an infinite time horizon with a non-degenerate diffusion in the state equation. A major assumption is that people become rational after a large time.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-19 Qingmeng Wei , Jiongmin Yong

We study a class of optimal control problems with state constraints where the state equation is a differential equation with delays. This class includes some problems arising in economics, in particular the so-called models with time to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-07-09 Salvatore Federico , Ben Goldys , Fausto Gozzi

In this paper, we investigate a class of time-inconsistent discrete-time stochastic linear-quadratic optimal control problems, whose time-consistent solutions consist of an open-loop equilibrium control and a linear feedback equilibrium…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-07 Xun Li , Yuan-Hua Ni , Ji-Feng Zhang

In this paper, we propose a novel equilibrium solution notion for the time-inconsistent stochastic linear-quadratic optimal control problem. This notion is called the mixed equilibrium solution, which consists of two parts: a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-21 Yuan-Hua Ni , Xun Li , Ji-Feng Zhang , Miroslav Krstic

We present stability conditions for deterministic time-varying nonlinear discrete-time systems whose inputs aim to minimize an infinite-horizon time-dependent cost. Global asymptotic and exponential stability properties for general…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-28 Sifeddine Benahmed , Romain Postoyan , Mathieu Granzotto , Lucian Buşoniu , Jamal Daafouz , Dragan Nešić

This paper studies the continuous-time reinforcement learning for stochastic singular control with the application to an infinite-horizon irreversible reinsurance problems. The singular control is equivalently characterized as a pair of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-03 Zongxia Liang , Xiaodong Luo , Xiang Yu

This paper addresses the challenge of time-inconsistent stochastic control within a continuous-time framework. Its primary focus lies in uncovering a probabilistic representation, specifically in the shape of a system of backward stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Dylan Possamaï , Mateo Rodriguez Polo

The paper studies a system of first order Hamilton-Jacobi equations with discontinuous coefficients, arising from a model of deterministic optimal debt management in infinite time horizon, with exponential discount and currency devaluation.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Antonio Marigonda , Khai T. Nguyen

We consider a discounted reward control problem in continuous time stochastic environment where the discount rate might be an unbounded function of the control process. We provide a set of general assumptions to ensure that there exists a…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-02-17 Dariusz Zawisza

This paper focuses on a class of continuous-time controlled Markov chains with time-inconsistent and distribution-dependent cost functional (in some appropriate sense). A new definition of time-inconsistent distribution-dependent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-26 Hongwei Mei , George Yin

This paper is concerned with a time-inconsistent recursive stochastic control problems where the forward state process is constrained through an additional recursive utility system. By adapting the Ekeland variational principle, necessary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-13 Elisa Mastrogiacomo , Marco Tarsia

This paper is dedicated to the analysis of infinite horizon optimal control problems subject to semilinear parabolic equations with constraints on the controls and discounted cost functionals. The discount factors on the cost and the state…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Eduardo Casas , Karl Kunisch

This paper is concerned with an optimal control problem for a forward-backward stochastic differential equation (FBSDE, for short) with a recursive cost functional determined by a backward stochastic Volterra integral equation (BSVIE, for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-20 Hanxiao Wang , Jiongmin Yong , Chao Zhou