TOC Front Cover 2 Stochastic Control by Functional Analysis Methods 5 Copyright Page 6 Contents 13 CHAPTER I. STOCHASTIC CALCULUS AND STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 19 INTRODUCTION 19 1. PRELIMINARIES 20 2. STOCHASTIC INTEGRALS 28 3. ITO's FORMULA 38 4. STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 50 5. GIRSANOV TRANSFORMATION 55 CHAPTER II. PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 69 INTRODUCTION 69 1. FUNCTIONAL SPACES 70 2. THE DIRICHLET PROBLEM FOR ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS 77 Front Cover 2 Stochastic Control by Functional Analysis Methods 5 Copyright Page 6 Contents 13 CHAPTER I. STOCHASTIC CALCULUS AND STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 19 INTRODUCTION 19 1. PRELIMINARIES 20 2. STOCHASTIC INTEGRALS 28 3. ITO's FORMULA 38 4. STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 50 5. GIRSANOV TRANSFORMATION 55 CHAPTER II. PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 69 INTRODUCTION 69 1. FUNCTIONAL SPACES 70 2. THE DIRICHLET PROBLEM FOR ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS 77 3. PARABOLIC EQUATIONS 93 CHAPTER III. MARTINGALE PROBLEM 119 INTRODUCTION 119 1. PROPERTIES OF CONTINUOUS MARTINGALES 119 2. DEFINITION OF THE MARTINGALE PROBLEM 125 3. EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS OF THE SOLUTION OF THE MARTINGALE PROBLEM 135 4. INTERPRETATION OF THE SOLUTION OF P.D.E. 143 5. SEMI GROUPS 147 CHAPTER IV. STOCHASTIC CONTROL WITH COMPLETE INFORMATION 157 1. SETTING OF THE PROBLEM 157 INTRODUCTION 157 2. THE EQUATION OF DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING 160 3. SOLUTION OF THE STOCHASTIC CONTROL PROBLEM 168 4. EVOLUTION PROBLEMS 174 5. SEMI GROUP FORMULATION 179 CHAPTER V. FILTERING AND PREDICTION FOR LINEAR S.D.E. 209 INTRODUCTION 209 1. SETTING OF THE PROBLEM 209 2. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BEST ESTIMATE 217 3. RECURSIVITY - KALMAN FILTER 226 4. PREDICTION 237 CHAPTER VI. VARIATIONAL METHODS IN STOCHASTIC CONTROL 239 1. MODEL WITH ADDITIVE NOISE 239 INTRODUCTION 239 2. THE CASE WITH INCOMPLETE OBSERVATION 252 3. SEPARATION PRINCIPLE 271 CHAPTER VII. PROBLEMS OF OPTIMAL STOPPING 297 INTRODUCTION 297 1. SETTING OF THE PROBLEM 297 2. UNILATERAL PROBLEMS 299 3. VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES 305 4. SOLUTION OF THE OPTIMAL STOPPING TIME PROBLEM 319 5. SEMI GROUP APPROACH 325 6. INTERPRETATION AS A PROBLEM OF OPTIMAL STOPPING 357 CHAPTER VIII. IMPULSIVE CONTROL 373 INTRODUCTION 373 1. SETTING OF THE PROBLEM 374 2. QUASI VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES 378 3. SOLUTION OF THE IMPULSIVE CONTROL PROBLEM 386 4. SEMI GROUP APPROACH 409 REFERENCES 417 Show more