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We present a neural network approach for closed-loop deep brain stimulation (DBS). We cast the problem of finding an optimal neurostimulation strategy as a control problem. In this setting, control policies aim to optimize therapeutic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-14 Malvern Madondo , Deepanshu Verma , Lars Ruthotto , Nicholas Au Yong

In this paper, we mainly focus on solving high-dimensional stochastic Hamiltonian systems with boundary condition, which is essentially a Forward Backward Stochastic Differential Equation (FBSDE in short), and propose a novel method from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-13 Shaolin Ji , Shige Peng , Ying Peng , Xichuan Zhang

Maximum entropy reinforcement learning (RL) methods have been successfully applied to a range of challenging sequential decision-making and control tasks. However, most of existing techniques are designed for discrete-time systems. As a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-29 Jeongho Kim , Insoon Yang

A control theoretic approach is presented in this paper for both batch and instantaneous updates of weights in feed-forward neural networks. The popular Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation has been used to generate an optimal weight…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-04-29 Vipul Arora , Laxmidhar Behera , Ajay Pratap Yadav

In this article, we study optimal feedback control synthesis of stochastic 2D Navier-Stokes equations perturbed Levy type noise with distributed stochastic control process acting on the state equation. We use the dynamic programming…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-04-19 Manil. T. Mohan , K. Sakthivel , Sivaguru S. Sritharan

Learning optimal feedback control laws capable of executing optimal trajectories is essential for many robotic applications. Such policies can be learned using reinforcement learning or planned using optimal control. While reinforcement…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-14 Michael Lutter , Boris Belousov , Kim Listmann , Debora Clever , Jan Peters

We mathematically analyze and numerically study an actor-critic machine learning algorithm for solving high-dimensional Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) partial differential equations from stochastic control theory. The architecture of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Samuel N. Cohen , Jackson Hebner , Deqing Jiang , Justin Sirignano

Optimal control problem is typically solved by first finding the value function through Hamilton-Jacobi equation (HJE) and then taking the minimizer of the Hamiltonian to obtain the control. In this work, instead of focusing on the value…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-10 Alain Bensoussan , Jiayue Han , Sheung Chi Phillip Yam , Xiang Zhou

In this paper we study the fully nonlinear stochastic Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation for the optimal stochastic control problem of stochastic differential equations with random coefficients. The notion of viscosity solution is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-16 Jinniao Qiu

In this paper, a highly parallel and derivative-free martingale neural network learning method is proposed to solve Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equations arising from stochastic optimal control problems (SOCPs), as well as general…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-23 Wei Cai , Shuixin Fang , Wenzhong Zhang , Tao Zhou

To sidestep the curse of dimensionality when computing solutions to Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman partial differential equations (HJB PDE), we propose an algorithm that leverages a neural network to approximate the value function. We show that…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-03-28 Frank Jiang , Glen Chou , Mo Chen , Claire J. Tomlin

We consider a deterministic optimal control problem with a maximum running cost functional, in a finite horizon context, and propose deep neural network approximations for Bellman's dynamic programming principle, corresponding also to some…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-11 Olivier Bokanowski , Xavier Warin , Averil Prost

This is the first in a series of papers in which we study an efficient approximation scheme for solving the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation for multi-dimensional problems in stochastic control theory. The method is a combination of a WKB…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2014-06-26 Sakda Chaiworawitkul , Patrick S. Hagan , Andrew Lesniewski

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

Optimal control of diffusion processes is intimately connected to the problem of solving certain Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations. Building on recent machine learning inspired approaches towards high-dimensional PDEs, we investigate the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-31 Nikolas Nüsken , Lorenz Richter

We propose a deep learning approach to compute mean field control problems with individual noises. The problem consists of the Fokker-Planck (FP) equation and the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation. Using the differential of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Mo Zhou , Stanley Osher , Wuchen Li

In this paper, we propose a deep forward-backward stochastic differential equation (FBSDE) based control algorithm for locomotion tasks. We also include state constraints in the FBSDE formulation to impose stable walking solutions or other…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-19 Bolun Dai , Virinchi Roy Surabhi , Prashanth Krishnamurthy , Farshad Khorrami

A gradient-enhanced functional tensor train cross approximation method for the resolution of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equations associated to optimal feedback control of nonlinear dynamics is presented. The procedure uses samples…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-23 Sergey Dolgov , Dante Kalise , Luca Saluzzi

Stochastic optimal principle leads to the resolution of a partial differential equation (PDE), namely the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation. In general, this equation cannot be solved analytically, thus numerical algorithms are the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-14 Christelle Dleuna Nyoumbi , Antoine Tambue

Recent studies have extended the use of the stochastic Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation to include complex variables for deriving quantum mechanical equations. However, these studies often assume that it is valid to apply the HJB…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-14 Vasil Yordanov