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We consider a stochastic control problem where the set of controls is not necessarily convex and the system is governed by a nonlinear backward stochastic differential equation. We establish necessary as well as sufficient conditions of…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-12-20 Seid Bahlali

This paper studies a {\it reversible} investment problem where a social planner aims to control its capacity production in order to fit optimally the random demand of a good. Our model allows for general diffusion dynamics on the demand as…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-07-08 Salvatore Federico , Huyen Pham

Reaction-diffusion systems offer a powerful framework for understanding self-organized patterns in biological systems, yet controlling these patterns remains a significant challenge. As a consequence, we present a rigorous framework of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Mohamed Amine Ouchdiri , Hamza Faquir , Saad Benjelloun , Mohamed Adlene Maghenem , Irene Otero-Muras , Adnane Saoud

The Bass diffusion equation is a well-known and established modeling approach for describing new product adoption in a competitive market. This model also describes diffusion phenomena in various contexts: infectious disease spread modeling…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-25 Gabriel Nicolosi , Christopher Griffin

In this paper, we investigate a mean-field singular stochastic optimal control problem for systems governed by mean-field regime-switching singular stochastic differential equations. The state process is assumed to depend on both a regular…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Maalvladédon Ganet Somé , Edward Korveh

We consider a class of exit time stochastic control problems for diffusion processes with discounted criterion, where the controller can utilize a given amount of resource, called "fuel". In contrast to the vast majority of existing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-01-30 Dmitry B. Rokhlin , Georgii Mironenko

In this paper we use a Stackelberg-Nash strategy to show the local null controllability of a parabolic equation where the diffusion coefficient is the product of a degenerate function in space and a nonlocal term. We consider one control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Juan Límaco , João Carlos Barreira , Suerlan Silva , Luis P. Yapu

Recent studies have extended the use of the stochastic Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation to include complex variables for deriving quantum mechanical equations. However, these studies often assume that it is valid to apply the HJB…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-14 Vasil Yordanov

We investigate a numerical behaviour of robust deterministic optimal control problem subject to a convection diffusion equation containing uncertain inputs. Stochastic Galerkin approach, turning the original optimization problem containing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-01 Pelin Çiloğlu , Hamdullah Yücel

We study an optimal control problem for a stochastic model of tumour growth with drug application. This model consists of three stochastic hyperbolic equations describing the evolution of tumour cells. It also includes two stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-30 Sakine Esmaili , M. R. Eslahchi , Delfim F. M. Torres

In this work, we present numerical analysis for a distributed optimal control problem, with box constraint on the control, governed by a subdiffusion equation which involves a fractional derivative of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$ in time. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-22 Bangti Jin , Buyang Li , Zhi Zhou

The optimal control problem of stochastic systems is commonly solved via robust or scenario-based optimization methods, which are both challenging to scale to long optimization horizons. We cast the optimal control problem of a stochastic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Etienne Buehrle , Christoph Stiller

Diffusion models have emerged as powerful tools for generative modeling, demonstrating exceptional capability in capturing target data distributions from large datasets. However, fine-tuning these massive models for specific downstream…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Yinbin Han , Meisam Razaviyayn , Renyuan Xu

We present an optimization-based coupling method for local and nonlocal continuum models. Our approach couches the coupling of the models into a control problem where the states are the solutions of the nonlocal and local equations, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-02 Marta D'Elia , Pavel Bochev

This paper develops a comprehensive framework for optimal control of systems governed by fractional backward stochastic evolution equations (FBSEEs) in Hilbert spaces. We first establish a stochastic maximum principle (SMP) as a necessary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Javad A. Asadzade , Nazim I. Mahmudov

Control of continuous time dynamics with multiplicative noise is a classic topic in stochastic optimal control. This work addresses the problem of designing infinite horizon optimal controls with stability guarantees for \textit{a single…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-02 Kaivalya Bakshi , Evangelos A. Theodorou , Piyush Grover

Given an optimal control problem on a heterogeneous body with a periodical structure of particles depending on a small parameter e, we study the asymptotic behavior, as e converges to zero, of the optimal control functional and the optimal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-28 J. I. Díaz , T. A. Shaposhnikova , A. V. Podolskiy

In this paper, we consider a stochastic recursive optimal control problem under model uncertainty. In this framework, the cost function is described by solutions of a family of backward stochastic differential equations. With the help of…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-04-16 Mingshang Hu , Falei Wang

This paper is concerned with a discounted stochastic optimal control problem for regime switching diffusion in an infinite horizon. First, as a preliminary with particular interests in its own right, the global well-posedness of infinite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-06 Kai Ding , Xun Li , Siyu Lv , Xin Zhang

The purpose of this article is to study a new problem of stochastic control, related to Walsh's spider diffusion, named: stochastic optimal scattering control. The optimal scattering control of the spider diffusion at the junction point is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-31 Isaac Ohavi