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We study a time-optimal control problem of a two-peakon collision. First, we state the controllability. Next, we find the time-optimal strategy. This is done via the HamiltonJacobi-Bellman equation and the dynamic programming method. We…

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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

Safety is one of the fundamental challenges in control theory. Recently, multi-step optimal control problems for discrete-time dynamical systems were formulated to enforce stability, while subject to input constraints as well as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-14 Shuo Liu , Jun Zeng , Koushil Sreenath , Calin A. Belta

In many safety-critical control systems, possibly opposing safety restrictions and control performance objectives arise. To confront such a conflict, this letter proposes a novel methodology that embeds safety into stability of control…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-23 Hassan Almubarak , Nader Sadegh , Evangelos A. Theodorou

A general time-inconsistent optimal control problem is considered for stochastic differential equations with deterministic coefficients. Under suitable conditions, a Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman type equation is derived for the equilibrium value…

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Stochastic optimal control control problems with merely measurable coefficients are not well understood. In this manuscript, we consider fully non-linear stochastic optimal control problems in infinite horizon with measurable coefficients…

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We study a multiscale stochastic optimal control problem subject to state constraints on the slow variable. To address this class of problems, we develop a rigorous theoretical framework based on singular perturbation analysis, tailored to…

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We formulate a path-dependent stochastic optimal control problem under general conditions, for which weprove rigorously the dynamic programming principle and that the value function is the unique Crandall-Lions viscosity solution of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-08-04 Andrea Cosso , Fausto Gozzi , Mauro Rosestolato , Francesco Russo

We consider a pathwise stochastic optimal control problem and study the associated (not necessarily adapted) Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman stochastic partial differential equation. We show that the value process is the unique solution of this…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-11-02 Neeraj Bhauryal , Ana Bela Cruzeiro , Carlos Oliveira

We consider continuous-state and continuous-time control problems where the admissible trajectories of the system are constrained to remain on a union of half-planes which share a common straight line. This set will be named a junction. We…

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This paper aims to explore the relationship between maximum principle and dynamic programming principle for stochastic recursive control problem with random coefficients. Under certain regular conditions for the coefficients, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-10 Yuchao Dong , Qingxin Meng , Qi Zhang

Optimized certainty equivalents (OCEs) is a family of risk measures widely used by both practitioners and academics. This is mostly due to its tractability and the fact that it encompasses important examples, including entropic risk…

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In this manuscript, we study optimal control problems for stochastic delay differential equations using the dynamic programming approach in Hilbert spaces via viscosity solutions of the associated Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations. We show…

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Optimal control problems driven by evolutionary partial differential equations arise in many industrial applications and their numerical solution is known to be a challenging problem. One approach to obtain an optimal feedback control is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-16 Gerhard Kirsten , Luca Saluzzi

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

This paper addresses a continuous-time continuous-space chance-constrained stochastic optimal control (SOC) problem via a Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) partial differential equation (PDE). Through Lagrangian relaxation, we convert the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-03 Apurva Patil , Alfredo Duarte , Aislinn Smith , Takashi Tanaka , Fabrizio Bisetti

We analyze an optimal stopping problem with a constraint on the expected cost. When the reward function and cost function are Lipschitz continuous in state variable, we show that the value of such an optimal stopping problem is a continuous…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-08 Erhan Bayraktar , Song Yao

In this manuscript we consider a class optimal control problem for stochastic differential delay equations. First, we rewrite the problem in a suitable infinite-dimensional Hilbert space. Then, using the dynamic programming approach, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-20 Filippo de Feo , Salvatore Federico , Andrzej Święch

We study optimal control problems governed by abstract infinite dimensional stochastic differential equations using the dynamic programming approach. In the first part, we prove Lipschitz continuity, semiconcavity and semiconvexity of the…

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