Download or read book Approximations Existence and Numerical Procedures for Optimal Stochastic Controls written by Harold Joseph Kushner and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the paper, the authors prove several convergence results for a numerical method in optimal stochastic control, based on finite difference approximations to the non-linear Bellman partial differential equation for the optimal cost. As a very useful by-product to the main development, the authors obtain new existence results for optimal controls, and interesting results on the approximation of a controlled diffusion by a controlled Markov chain. The methods and results are new, and depend on results concerning weak convergence of probability measures. The methods seem to be quite powerful, and have applications to many other problems in approximation and control. (Author).

Download or read book Probability Methods for Approximations in Stochastic Control and for Elliptic Equations written by Kushner and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1977-04-14 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Probability Methods for Approximations in Stochastic Control and for Elliptic Equations

Download or read book Existence of Optimal Stochastic Controls I Convergence of the Finite Difference Approximations of a Discounted Problem for a Diffusion written by Harold Joseph Kushner and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In part one the author gives a fairly general method for proving the existence of an optimal control for a large class of stochastic differential equation models. In part two, it is shown that the solutions to finite difference approximations to the partial differential equation converge to C(x) as the difference interval goes to zero, whether or not the derivatives actually exist. The result generalizes previous results for similar problems, and the techniques can be applied to a number of related problems. (Modified author abstract).

Download or read book Numerical Methods for Stochastic Control Problems in Continuous Time written by Harold Kushner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stochastic control is a very active area of research. This monograph, written by two leading authorities in the field, has been updated to reflect the latest developments. It covers effective numerical methods for stochastic control problems in continuous time on two levels, that of practice and that of mathematical development. It is broadly accessible for graduate students and researchers.

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Download or read book Yosida Approximations of Stochastic Differential Equations in Infinite Dimensions and Applications written by T. E. Govindan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research monograph brings together, for the first time, the varied literature on Yosida approximations of stochastic differential equations (SDEs) in infinite dimensions and their applications into a single cohesive work. The author provides a clear and systematic introduction to the Yosida approximation method and justifies its power by presenting its applications in some practical topics such as stochastic stability and stochastic optimal control. The theory assimilated spans more than 35 years of mathematics, but is developed slowly and methodically in digestible pieces. The book begins with a motivational chapter that introduces the reader to several different models that play recurring roles throughout the book as the theory is unfolded, and invites readers from different disciplines to see immediately that the effort required to work through the theory that follows is worthwhile. From there, the author presents the necessary prerequisite material, and then launches the reader into the main discussion of the monograph, namely, Yosida approximations of SDEs, Yosida approximations of SDEs with Poisson jumps, and their applications. Most of the results considered in the main chapters appear for the first time in a book form, and contain illustrative examples on stochastic partial differential equations. The key steps are included in all proofs, especially the various estimates, which help the reader to get a true feel for the theory of Yosida approximations and their use. This work is intended for researchers and graduate students in mathematics specializing in probability theory and will appeal to numerical analysts, engineers, physicists and practitioners in finance who want to apply the theory of stochastic evolution equations. Since the approach is based mainly in semigroup theory, it is amenable to a wide audience including non-specialists in stochastic processes.

Download or read book Numerical Methods and Approximation and Modelling Problems in Stochastic Control Theory written by Harold J. Kushner and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research was done on diffusion processes depending on small parameters and on optimal stochastic control. Another area of research was in measure-valued diffusion processes. Work was completed in the area of stochastic control and in optimality conditions for stochastic systems under partial observations. Work was completed dealing with the approximation and computational problem for the average cost per unit time problem for a diffusion model. A monograph was published dealing with constrained and unconstrained problems of the stochastic approximation type. (Author).

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Download or read book Numerical Methods for Optimal Control Problems written by Maurizio Falcone and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-26 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents recent mathematical methods in the area of optimal control with a particular emphasis on the computational aspects and applications. Optimal control theory concerns the determination of control strategies for complex dynamical systems, in order to optimize some measure of their performance. Started in the 60's under the pressure of the "space race" between the US and the former USSR, the field now has a far wider scope, and embraces a variety of areas ranging from process control to traffic flow optimization, renewable resources exploitation and management of financial markets. These emerging applications require more and more efficient numerical methods for their solution, a very difficult task due the huge number of variables. The chapters of this volume give an up-to-date presentation of several recent methods in this area including fast dynamic programming algorithms, model predictive control and max-plus techniques. This book is addressed to researchers, graduate students and applied scientists working in the area of control problems, differential games and their applications.

Download or read book Numerical Control Part A written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerical Control: Part A, Volume 23 in the Handbook of Numerical Analysis series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Chapters in this volume include Numerics for finite-dimensional control systems, Moments and convex optimization for analysis and control of nonlinear PDEs, The turnpike property in optimal control, Structure-Preserving Numerical Schemes for Hamiltonian Dynamics, Optimal Control of PDEs and FE-Approximation, Filtration techniques for the uniform controllability of semi-discrete hyperbolic equations, Numerical controllability properties of fractional partial differential equations, Optimal Control, Numerics, and Applications of Fractional PDEs, and much more. Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors Presents the latest release in the Handbook of Numerical Analysis series Updated release includes the latest information on Numerical Control

Download or read book Optimal Control of PDEs under Uncertainty written by Jesús Martínez-Frutos and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a direct and comprehensive introduction to theoretical and numerical concepts in the emerging field of optimal control of partial differential equations (PDEs) under uncertainty. The main objective of the book is to offer graduate students and researchers a smooth transition from optimal control of deterministic PDEs to optimal control of random PDEs. Coverage includes uncertainty modelling in control problems, variational formulation of PDEs with random inputs, robust and risk-averse formulations of optimal control problems, existence theory and numerical resolution methods. The exposition focusses on the entire path, starting from uncertainty modelling and ending in the practical implementation of numerical schemes for the numerical approximation of the considered problems. To this end, a selected number of illustrative examples are analysed in detail throughout the book. Computer codes, written in MatLab, are provided for all these examples. This book is adressed to graduate students and researches in Engineering, Physics and Mathematics who are interested in optimal control and optimal design for random partial differential equations.

Download or read book Trotter Kato Approximations of Stochastic Differential Equations in Infinite Dimensions and Applications written by T. E. Govindan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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