Title
Stochastic Equations with Delay: Optimal Control via BSDEs and Regular Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equations
Abstract
We consider an Itô stochastic differential equation with delay, driven by Brownian motion, whose solution, by an appropriate reformulation, defines a Markov process $X$ with values in a space of continuous functions $\mathbf{C}$, with generator $\mathcal{L}$. We then consider a backward stochastic differential equation depending on $X$, with unknown processes $(Y,Z)$, and we study properties of the resulting system, in particular we identify the process $Z$ as a deterministic functional of $X$. We next prove that the forward-backward system provides a suitable solution to a class of parabolic partial differential equations on the space $\mathbf{C}$ driven by $\mathcal{L}$, and we apply this result to prove a characterization of the fair price and the hedging strategy for a financial market with memory effects. We also include applications to optimal stochastic control of differential equation with delay: in particular we characterize optimal controls as feedback laws in terms of the process $X$.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1137/080730354
SIAM J. Control and Optimization
Keywords
Field
DocType
differential equation,optimal control,suitable solution,hamilton-jacobi-bellman equations,stochastic equations,markov process,regular solutions,resulting system,stochastic control,parabolic partial differential equation,unknown process,forward-backward system,stochastic differential equation,hamilton jacobi bellman equation,quadratic variation,memory effect,brownian motion,financial market
Differential equation,Mathematical optimization,Optimal control,Mathematical analysis,Bellman equation,Quadratic variation,Stochastic differential equation,Brownian motion,Partial differential equation,Mathematics,Stochastic control
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
48
7
Siam Journal on Control and Optimization 48 Issue: 7 (2010) 4624-4651
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.83
1
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
M. Fuhrman1247.45
Federica Masiero2206.14
Gianmario Tessitore33513.55