Optimal expulsion and optimal confinement of a Brownian particle with a switching cost

DOI10.1016/J.SPA.2014.07.016zbMATH Open1417.93334arXiv1211.1595OpenAlexW2016650191MaRDI QIDQ744235FDOQ744235

Authors: Robert C. Dalang, Laura Vinckenbosch 

Publication date: 6 October 2014

Published in: Stochastic Processes and their Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We solve two stochastic control problems in which a player tries to minimize or maximize the exit time from an interval of a Brownian particle, by controlling its drift. The player can change from one drift to another but is subject to a switching cost. In each problem, the value function is written as the solution of a free boundary problem involving second order ordinary differential equations, in which the unknown boundaries are found by applying the principle of smooth fit. For both problems, we compute the value function, we exhibit the optimal strategy and we prove its generic uniqueness.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.1595

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zbMATH Keywords

free boundary problemsmartingale methodprinciple of smooth fitstochastic control with switching cost

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Brownian motion (60J65) Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40) Other game-theoretic models (91A40) Optimal stochastic control (93E20)

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