{"title":"Zero-Sum Stopper Versus Singular-Controller Games with Constrained Control Directions","authors":"Andrea Bovo, Tiziano De Angelis, Jan Palczewski","doi":"10.1137/23m1579558","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 2203-2228, August 2024. <br/> Abstract. We consider a class of zero-sum stopper versus singular-controller games in which the controller can only act on a subset [math] of the [math] coordinates of a controlled diffusion. Due to the constraint on the control directions these games fall outside the framework of recently studied variational methods. In this paper we develop an approximation procedure, based on [math]-stability estimates for the controlled diffusion process and almost sure convergence of suitable stopping times. That allows us to prove existence of the game’s value and to obtain an optimal strategy for the stopper under continuity and growth conditions on the payoff functions. This class of games is a natural extension of (single-agent) singular control problems, studied in the literature, with similar constraints on the admissible controls.","PeriodicalId":49531,"journal":{"name":"SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1137/23m1579558","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 2203-2228, August 2024. Abstract. We consider a class of zero-sum stopper versus singular-controller games in which the controller can only act on a subset [math] of the [math] coordinates of a controlled diffusion. Due to the constraint on the control directions these games fall outside the framework of recently studied variational methods. In this paper we develop an approximation procedure, based on [math]-stability estimates for the controlled diffusion process and almost sure convergence of suitable stopping times. That allows us to prove existence of the game’s value and to obtain an optimal strategy for the stopper under continuity and growth conditions on the payoff functions. This class of games is a natural extension of (single-agent) singular control problems, studied in the literature, with similar constraints on the admissible controls.
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