Ergodic switching control for diffusion-type processes

Ergodic control of diffusion processes

Results concerning existence and characterization of optimal controls for ergodic control of nondegenerate diffusion processes are described. Extensions to the general ‘controlled martingale problem’ are indicated, which cover in particular degenerate diffusions and some infinite dimensional problems. In conclusion, some related problems and open issues are discussed. Mathematics Subject Classi...

Moment estimation for ergodic diffusion processes

We investigate the moment estimation for an ergodic diffusion process with unknown trend coefficient. We consider nonparametric and parametric estimation. In each case, we present a lower bound for the risk and then construct an asymptotically efficient estimator of the moment type functional or of a parameter which has a one-to-one correspondence to such a functional. Next, we clarify a higher...

Ergodic Control of Switching Diffusions*

A bstract . We study the ergodic control problem of switching diffusions representing a typical hybrid system that arises in numerous applications such as fault-tolerant control systems, flexible manufacturing systems, etc. Under fairly general conditions, we establish the existence of a stable, nonrandomized Markov policy which almost surely minimizes the pathwise long-run average cost. We the...

An Ergodic Control Problem for Constrained Diffusion Processes: Existence of Optimal Markov Control

An ergodic control problem for a class of constrained diffusion processes is considered. The goal is the almost sure minimization of long term cost per unit time. The main result of the paper is that there exists an optimal Markov control for the considered problem. It is shown that under the assumption of regularity of the Skorohod map and appropriate conditions on the drift coefficient the cl...

Singular ergodic control for multidimensional Gaussian processes