Necessary conditions are proved for certain problems of optimal control of diffusions where hard end constraints occur. The main results apply to several dimensional problems, where some of the state equations involve...Necessary conditions are proved for certain problems of optimal control of diffusions where hard end constraints occur. The main results apply to several dimensional problems, where some of the state equations involve Brownian motions, but not the equations corresponding to states being hard restricted at the terminal time. The necessary conditions are stated in terms of weak variations. Two versions of necessary conditions are given, one version involving solutions of variational equations, the other one involving first order adjoint equations.展开更多
Necessary conditions for optimality are proved for smooth infinite horizon optimal control problems with unilateral state constraints (pathwise constraints) and with terminal conditions on the states at the infinite h...Necessary conditions for optimality are proved for smooth infinite horizon optimal control problems with unilateral state constraints (pathwise constraints) and with terminal conditions on the states at the infinite horizon. The aim of the paper is to obtain strong necessary conditions including transversality conditions at infinity, which in many cases lead to a set of candidates for optimality containing only a few elements, similar to what is the case in finite horizon problems. However, strong growth conditions are needed for the results to hold.展开更多
文摘Necessary conditions are proved for certain problems of optimal control of diffusions where hard end constraints occur. The main results apply to several dimensional problems, where some of the state equations involve Brownian motions, but not the equations corresponding to states being hard restricted at the terminal time. The necessary conditions are stated in terms of weak variations. Two versions of necessary conditions are given, one version involving solutions of variational equations, the other one involving first order adjoint equations.
文摘Necessary conditions for optimality are proved for smooth infinite horizon optimal control problems with unilateral state constraints (pathwise constraints) and with terminal conditions on the states at the infinite horizon. The aim of the paper is to obtain strong necessary conditions including transversality conditions at infinity, which in many cases lead to a set of candidates for optimality containing only a few elements, similar to what is the case in finite horizon problems. However, strong growth conditions are needed for the results to hold.