Stochastic impulse control of non-markovian processes

Boualem Djehiche, Said Hamadène, Ibtissam Hdhiri

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Abstract

We consider a class of stochastic impulse control problems of general stochastic processes i.e. not necessarily Markovian. Under fairly general conditions we establish existence of an optimal impulse control. We also prove existence of combined optimal stochastic and impulse control of a fairly general class of diffusions with random coefficients. Unlike, in the Markovian framework, we cannot apply quasi-variational inequalities techniques. We rather derive the main results using techniques involving reflected BSDEs and the Snell envelope.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-26
Number of pages26
JournalApplied Mathematics and Optimization
Volume61
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2010

Keywords

  • Backward stochastic differential equations
  • Optimal stopping time
  • Snell envelope
  • Stochastic control
  • Stochastic impulse control

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Optimization
  • Applied Mathematics

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