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The approximation of solutions to second order Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman (HJB) equations by deep neural networks is investigated. It is shown that for HJB equations that arise in the context of the optimal control of certain Markov…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-11 Philipp Grohs , Lukas Herrmann

Recent research reveals that deep learning is an effective way of solving high dimensional Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations. The resulting feedback control law in the form of a neural network is computationally efficient for real-time…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-10-10 Wei Kang , Qi Gong , Tenavi Nakamura-Zimmerer

We investigate the portfolio execution problem under a framework in which volatility and liquidity are both uncertain. In our model, we assume that a multidimensional Markovian stochastic factor drives both of them. Moreover, we model…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2023-08-08 Max O. Souza , Yuri Thamsten

We study utility maximization for power utility random fields with and without intermediate consumption in a general semimartingale model with closed portfolio constraints. We show that any optimal strategy leads to a solution of the…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2012-03-09 Marcel Nutz

We examine the issue of sensitivity with respect to model parameters for the problem of utility maximization from final wealth in an incomplete Samuelson model and mainly, but not exclusively, for utility functions of positive power-type.…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2017-02-20 Julio Backhoff Veraguas , Francisco Silva

In this paper, we consider a financial market with assets exposed to some risks inducing jumps in the asset prices, and which can still be traded after default times. We use a default-intensity modeling approach, and address in this…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2015-10-21 Thomas Lim , Marie-Claire Quenez

In this paper, we investigate a fully nonlinear evolutionary Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) parabolic equation utilizing the monotone operator technique. We consider the HJB equation arising from portfolio optimization selection, where the…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2021-04-14 Daniel Sevcovic , Cyril Izuchukwu Udeani

In this work, we propose a class of numerical schemes for solving semilinear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman-Isaacs (HJBI) boundary value problems which arise naturally from exit time problems of diffusion processes with controlled drift. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-14 Kazufumi Ito , Christoph Reisinger , Yufei Zhang

In this paper, we revisit the technique of doubling variables in first order Hamilton-Jacobi equations, especially when the equations arise in optimal control. We show that by tuning the penalization between the two points, we can change…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-04 Charles Bertucci , Giacomo Ceccherini Silberstein

In this paper, we study a semi-martingale optimal transport problem and its application to the calibration of Local-Stochastic Volatility (LSV) models. Rather than considering the classical constraints on marginal distributions at initial…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2021-07-22 Ivan Guo , Gregoire Loeper , Shiyi Wang

We reveal an interesting convex duality relationship between two problems: (a) minimizing the probability of lifetime ruin when the rate of consumption is stochastic and when the individual can invest in a Black-Scholes financial market;…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2010-08-30 Erhan Bayraktar , Virginia R. Young

This paper mainly addresses the optimization of $p$-th moment of $\mathbb{R}^n$-valued random variable. Through an ingenious approximation mechanism, one transforms the maximization problem into a sequence of minimization problems, which…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-07-26 Xiaojun Lu , Yanhua Wu

This paper demonstrates a practical method for computing the solution of an expectation-constrained robust maximization problem with immediate applications to model-free no-arbitrage bounds and super-replication values for many financial…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2016-10-06 Christopher W. Miller

A deep learning approach for the approximation of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman partial differential equation (HJB PDE) associated to the Nonlinear Quadratic Regulator (NLQR) problem. A state-dependent Riccati equation control law is first…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-20 Anastasia Borovykh , Dante Kalise , Alexis Laignelet , Panos Parpas

Utility based methods provide a very general theoretically consistent approach to pricing and hedging of securities in incomplete financial markets. Solving problems in the utility based framework typically involves dynamic programming,…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-12-10 M. R. Grasselli , T. R. Hurd

We study a class of backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) driven by a random measure or, equivalently, by a marked point process. Under appropriate assumptions we prove well-posedness and continuous dependence of the solution…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-05-24 Fulvia Confortola , Marco Fuhrman

In this paper, we aim to solve the high dimensional stochastic optimal control problem from the view of the stochastic maximum principle via deep learning. By introducing the extended Hamiltonian system which is essentially an FBSDE with a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-23 Shaolin Ji , Shige Peng , Ying Peng , Xichuan Zhang

Solving the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation is important in many domains including control, robotics and economics. Especially for continuous control, solving this differential equation and its extension the Hamilton-Jacobi-Isaacs…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Michael Lutter , Boris Belousov , Shie Mannor , Dieter Fox , Animesh Garg , Jan Peters

We propose two deep neural network-based methods for solving semi-martingale optimal transport problems. The first method is based on a relaxation/penalization of the terminal constraint, and is solved using deep neural networks. The second…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-08 Ivan Guo , Nicolas Langrené , Grégoire Loeper , Wei Ning

This paper studies the stochastic optimal control of jump-diffusion processes and the associated fully nonlinear backward stochastic Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman (BSHJB) equations. We establish the dynamic programming principle (DPP) via…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Dunxiang Liang , Qingxin Meng