Linear Quadratic Stochastic Control Problems with Stochastic Terminal Constraint

Characterization of optimal feedback for stochastic linear quadratic control problems

One of the fundamental issues in Control Theory is to design feedback controls. It is well-known that, the purpose of introducing Riccati equations in the study of deterministic linear quadratic control problems is exactly to construct the desired feedbacks. To date, the same problem in the stochastic setting is only partially well-understood. In this paper, we establish the equivalence between...

Solvability Conditions for Indefinite Linear Quadratic Optimal Stochastic Control Problems and Associated Stochastic Riccati Equations

A linear quadratic optimal stochastic control problem with random coefficients and indefinite state/control weight costs is usually linked to an indefinite stochastic Riccati equation (SRE), which is a matrix-valued quadratic backward stochastic differential equation along with an algebraic constraint involving the unknown. Either the optimal control problem or the SRE is solvable only if the g...

Time-Inconsistent Stochastic Linear-Quadratic Control

Abstract. In this paper, we formulate a general time-inconsistent stochastic linear–quadratic (LQ) control problem. The time-inconsistency arises from the presence of a quadratic term of the expected state as well as a state-dependent term in the objective functional. We define an equilibrium, instead of optimal, solution within the class of open-loop controls, and derive a sufficient condition...

Stochastic Linear Quadratic Regulators with Indefinite Control Weight Costs. II

This paper considers optimal (minimizing) control of stochastic linear quadratic regulators (LQRs). The assumption that the control weight costs must be positive definite, inherited from the deterministic case, has been taken for granted in the literature. It is, however, shown in this paper that some stochastic LQR problems with indefinite (in particular, negative) control weight costs may sti...

Stochastic linear quadratic control problem of switching systems with constraints