We consider an infinite horizon optimal control problem for a pure jump Markov process $X$, taking values in a complete and separable metric space $I$, with noise-free partial observation. The observation process is defined as $Y_t = h(X_t)$, $t geq 0$, where $h$ is a given map defined on $I$. The observation is noise-free in the sense that the only source of randomness is the process $X$ itself. The aim is to minimize a discounted cost functional. In the first part of the paper we write down an explicit filtering equation and characterize the filtering process as a Piecewise Deterministic Process. In the second part, after transforming the original control problem with partial observation into one with complete observation (the separated problem) using filtering equations, we prove the equivalence of the original and separated problems through an explicit formula linking their respective value functions. The value function of the separated problem is also characterized as the unique fixed point of a suitably defined contraction mapping.

Stochastic filtering and optimal control of pure jump Markov processes with noise-free partial observation / Calvia, Alessandro. - In: ESAIM-CONTROL OPTIMISATION AND CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS. - ISSN 1262-3377. - 26:(2020), pp. 1-47. [10.1051/cocv/2019020]

Stochastic filtering and optimal control of pure jump Markov processes with noise-free partial observation

CALVIA, ALESSANDRO
2020

Abstract

We consider an infinite horizon optimal control problem for a pure jump Markov process $X$, taking values in a complete and separable metric space $I$, with noise-free partial observation. The observation process is defined as $Y_t = h(X_t)$, $t geq 0$, where $h$ is a given map defined on $I$. The observation is noise-free in the sense that the only source of randomness is the process $X$ itself. The aim is to minimize a discounted cost functional. In the first part of the paper we write down an explicit filtering equation and characterize the filtering process as a Piecewise Deterministic Process. In the second part, after transforming the original control problem with partial observation into one with complete observation (the separated problem) using filtering equations, we prove the equivalence of the original and separated problems through an explicit formula linking their respective value functions. The value function of the separated problem is also characterized as the unique fixed point of a suitably defined contraction mapping.
2020
stochastic filtering; partial observation control problem; pure jump processes; piecewise-deterministic Markov processes; Markov decision processes.
Stochastic filtering and optimal control of pure jump Markov processes with noise-free partial observation / Calvia, Alessandro. - In: ESAIM-CONTROL OPTIMISATION AND CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS. - ISSN 1262-3377. - 26:(2020), pp. 1-47. [10.1051/cocv/2019020]
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