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JOURNALS // Informatika i Ee Primeneniya [Informatics and its Applications] // Archive

Inform. Primen., 2020 Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 24–30 (Mi ia641)

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Stochastic differential system output control by the quadratic criterion. IV. Alternative numerical decision

A. V. Bosov, A. I. Stefanovich

Institute of Informatics Problems, Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 44-2 Vavilov Str., Moscow 119333, Russian Federation

Abstract: In the study of the optimal control problem for the Ito diffusion process and the controlled linear output with a quadratic quality criterion, an intermediate result is resumed: for approximate calculation of the optimal solution, an alternative to classical numerical integration method based on computer simulation is proposed. The method allows applying statistical estimation to determine the coefficients $\beta_t(y)$ and $\gamma_t(y)$ of the previously obtained Bellman function $V_t(y,z)=\alpha_t z^2+\beta_t(y)z+\gamma_t(y)$, determining the optimal solution in the original problem of optimal stochastic control. The method is implemented on the basis of the properties of linear parabolic partial differential equations describing $\beta_t(y)$ and $\gamma_t(y)$ — their equivalent description in the form of stochastic differential equations and a theoretical-probability representation of the solution, known as A. N. Kolmogorov equation, or an equivalent integral form known as the Feynman–Katz formula. Stochastic equations, relations for optimal control and for auxiliary parameters are combined into one differential system, for which an algorithm for simulating a solution is stated. The algorithm provides the necessary samples for statistical estimation of the coefficients $\beta_t(y)$ and $\gamma_t(y)$. The previously performed numerical experiment is supplemented by calculations presented by an alternative method and a comparative analysis of the results.

Keywords: stochastic differential equation, optimal control, Bellman function, linear differential equations of parabolic type, Kolmogorov equation, Feynman–Katz formula, computer simulations, Monte-Carlo method.

Received: 28.08.2019

DOI: 10.14357/19922264200104



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