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This paper extends the classical consumption and portfolio rules model in continuous time (Merton 1969, 1971) to the framework of decision-makers with time-inconsistent preferences. The model is solved for different utility functions for…

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We consider the problem of planning trajectories for a group of $N$ vehicles, each aiming to reach its own target set while avoiding danger zones of other vehicles. The analysis of problems like this is extremely important practically,…

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Policy iteration (PI) is a recursive process of policy evaluation and improvement for solving an optimal decision-making/control problem, or in other words, a reinforcement learning (RL) problem. PI has also served as the fundamental for…

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We propose a new probabilistic numerical scheme for fully nonlinear equation of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) type associated to stochastic control problem, which is based on the Feynman-Kac representation in [12] by means of control…

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This paper is concerned with the axiomatic foundation and explicit construction of a general class of optimality criteria that can be used for investment problems with multiple time horizons, or when the time horizon is not known in…

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It is well known that time dependent Hamilton-Jacobi-Isaacs partial differential equations (HJ PDE), play an important role in analyzing continuous dynamic games and control theory problems. An important tool for such problems when they…

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Devising optimal interventions for diffusive systems often requires the solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation, a nonlinear backward partial differential equation (PDE), that is, in general, nontrivial to solve. Existing…

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In this paper, we introduce two novel methods to solve the American-style option pricing problem and its dual form at the same time using neural networks. Without applying nested Monte Carlo, the first method uses a series of neural…

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We develop a discrete analogue of Hamilton-Jacobi theory in the framework of discrete Hamiltonian mechanics. The resulting discrete Hamilton-Jacobi equation is discrete only in time. We describe a discrete analogue of Jacobi's solution and…

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The Bellman equation and its continuous-time counterpart, the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation, serve as necessary conditions for optimality in reinforcement learning and optimal control. While the value function is known to be the…

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