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Linear-quadratic optimal control problem for systems governed by forward-backward stochastic differential equations has been extensively studied over the past three decades. Recent research has revealed that for forward-backward control…
We address the optimal control problems arising from partial differential equations with large discrete dimensional control systems. To obtain reduced order models, we find basis elements from the canonical polyadic (CP) decomposition.…
This note concerns a class of matrix Riccati equations associated with stochastic linear-quadratic optimal control problems with indefinite state and control weighting costs. A novel sufficient condition of solvability of such equations is…
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