Time-inconsistent stochastic optimal control problems and backward stochastic volterra integral equations

Optimal Control Problems of Forward-Backward Stochastic Volterra Integral Equations with Closed Control Regions

Abstract. Optimal control problems of forward-backward stochastic Volterra integral equations (FBSVIEs, in short) with closed control regions are formulated and studied. Instead of using spike variation method as one may imagine, here we turn to treat the non-convexity of the control regions by borrowing some tools in set-valued analysis and adapting them into our stochastic control systems. A ...

Mean-Field Backward Stochastic Volterra Integral Equations

Mean-field backward stochastic Volterra integral equations (MF-BSVIEs, for short) are introduced and studied. Well-posedness of MF-BSVIEs in the sense of introduced adapted Msolutions is established. Two duality principles between linear mean-field (forward) stochastic Volterra integral equations (MF-FSVIEs, for short) and MF-BSVIEs are obtained. Several comparison theorems for MF-FSVIEs and MF...

Optimal control of stochastic delay equations and time-advanced backward stochastic differential equations

We study optimal control problems for (time-)delayed stochastic differential equations with jumps. We establish sufficient and necessary stochastic maximum principles for an optimal control of such systems. The associated adjoint processes are shown to satisfy a (time-) advanced backward stochastic differential equation (ABSDE). Several results on existence and uniqueness of such ABSDEs are sho...

Stochastic Volterra integral equations with a parameter

Optimal Control with Partial Information for Stochastic Volterra Equations

In the first part of the paper, we obtain existence and characterizations of an optimal control for a linear quadratic control problem of linear stochastic Volterra equations. In the second part, using the Malliavin calculus approach, we deduce a general maximum principle for optimal control of general stochastic Volterra equations. AMS Subject Classification: Primary 60H15 Secondary 93E20, 35R60.