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This paper presents three versions of maximum principle for a stochastic optimal control problem of Markov regime-switching forward-backward stochastic differential equations with jumps (FBSDEJs). A general sufficient maximum principle for…

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We consider a one-reflected backward stochastic differential equation with a general RCLL barrier in a filtration that supports a Brownian motion and an independent Poisson random measure. We establish the existence and uniqueness of a…

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We study a class of stochastic evolution equations of jump type with random coefficients and its optimal control problem. There are three major ingredients. The first is to prove the existence and uniqueness of the solutions by continuous…

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This paper extends our previous work to continuous-time optimal stopping, focusing on American options in an exploratory setting. Our first contribution is an entropy-regularized penalization scheme, inspired by classical penalization…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2026-03-04 Daniel Chee , Noufel Frikha , Libo Li

For $\tau$ a stopping rule adapted to a sequence of $n$ iid observations, we define the loss to be $\ex [ q(R_\tau)]$, where $R_j$ is the rank of the $j$th observation, and $q$ is a nondecreasing function of the rank. This setting covers…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Alexander V. Gnedin

We consider a class of discretionary stopping problems within the $G$-framework. We first establish the well-definedness of the stopping problem under the $G$-expectation, by showing the quasi-continuity of the stopped process. We then…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-05-10 Xin Guo , Chen Pan , Shige Peng

In this paper we study simulation based optimization algorithms for solving discrete time optimal stopping problems. This type of algorithms became popular among practioneers working in the area of quantitative finance. Using large…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-09-22 Denis Belomestny

The aim of this paper is to study the continuity correction for barrier options in jump-diusion models. For this purpose, we express the pay-off a barrier option in terms of the maximum of the underlying process. We then condition with…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-12-14 El Hadj Aly Dia , Damien Lamberton

We consider the optimal control problem of stochastic evolution equations in a Hilbert space under a recursive utility, which is described as the solution of a backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE). A very general maximum…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-06 Guomin Liu , Shanjian Tang

In this paper, we consider a constrained stochastic linear-quadratic (LQ) optimal control problem where the control is constrained in a closed cone. The state process is governed by a controlled SDE with random coefficients. Moreover, there…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-05-20 Yuchao Dong

We study a combined optimal control/stopping problem under a nonlinear expectation ${\cal E}^f$ induced by a BSDE with jumps, in a Markovian framework. The terminal reward function is only supposed to be Borelian. The value function $u$…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-06-28 Roxana Dumitrescu , Marie-Claire Quenez , Agnès Sulem

Distribution Regression on path-space refers to the task of learning functions mapping the law of a stochastic process to a scalar target. The learning procedure based on the notion of path-signature, i.e. a classical transform from rough…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-04-05 Blanka Horvath , Maud Lemercier , Chong Liu , Terry Lyons , Cristopher Salvi

This paper proposes a backstepping boundary control design for robust stabilization of linear first-order coupled hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDEs) with Markov-jumping parameters. The PDE system consists of 4 X 4 coupled…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-29 Yihuai Zhang , Jean Auriol , Huan Yu

We study a class of reflected backward stochastic differential equations with nonpositive jumps and upper barrier. Existence and uniqueness of a minimal solution is proved by a double penalization approach under regularity assumptions on…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-08-27 Sébastien Choukroun , Andrea Cosso , Huyen Pham

In this paper, we introduce a modification of the free boundary problem related to optimal stopping problems for diffusion processes. This modification allows the application of this PDE method in cases where the usual regularity…

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This paper studies a class of optimal multiple stopping problems driven by L\'evy processes. Our model allows for a negative effective discount rate, which arises in a number of financial applications, including stock loans and real…

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In this paper we obtain results for the existence and uniqueness of solutions to coupled Forward-Backward Stochastic Differential Equations (FBSDEs) with jumps defined on a random environment. This environment corresponds to a…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-01-19 Daniel Hernández-Hernández , Joshué Helí Ricalde-Guerrero

We study optimal stopping problems related to the pricing of perpetual American options in an extension of the Black-Merton-Scholes model in which the dividend and volatility rates of the underlying risky asset depend on the running values…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-05-20 Pavel V. Gapeev , Neofytos Rodosthenous

In this note we propose a new approach towards solving numerically optimal stopping problems via reinforced regression based Monte Carlo algorithms. The main idea of the method is to reinforce standard linear regression algorithms in each…

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