• DocumentCode
    2257512
  • Title

    The value function of a finite fuel problem for a new class of singular stochastic controls

  • Author

    Motta, Monica ; Sartori, Caterina

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Mat. Pura e Applicata, Univ. di Padova, Padova, Italy
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    9-11 Dec. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1519
  • Lastpage
    1524
  • Abstract
    We investigate, via the dynamic programming approach, a finite fuel nonlinear singular stochastic control problem of Bolza type. We prove that the associated value function is continuous and that its continuous extension to the closure of the domain coincides with the value function of a non singular control problem, for which we prove the existence of an optimal control. Moreover such a continuous extension is characterized as the unique viscosity solution of a quasi variational inequality with suitable boundary conditions of mixed type.
  • Keywords
    dynamic programming; fuel systems; optimal control; stochastic systems; Bolza type; boundary conditions; dynamic programming; finite fuel nonlinear singular stochastic control problem; finite fuel problem; nonsingular control problem; optimal control; quasivariational inequality; singular stochastic controls; unique viscosity solution; value function; Boundary conditions; Cost function; Differential equations; Dynamic programming; Fuels; Motion control; Optimal control; Partial differential equations; Stochastic processes; Viscosity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Decision and Control, 2008. CDC 2008. 47th IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cancun
  • ISSN
    0191-2216
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3123-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0191-2216
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CDC.2008.4739504
  • Filename
    4739504