Abstract
It is well documented (e.g. Zhou (1998) [8]) that the near-optimal controls, as the alternative to the "exact" optimal controls, are of great importance for both the theoretical analysis and practical application purposes due to its nice structure and broad-range availability, feasibility as well as flexibility. However, the study of near-optimality on the stochastic recursive problems, to the best of our knowledge, is a totally unexplored area. Thus we aim to fill this gap in this paper. As the theoretical result, a necessary condition as well as a sufficient condition of near-optimality for stochastic recursive problems is derived by using Ekeland's principle. Moreover, we work out an ε-optimal control example to shed light on the application of the theoretical result. Our work develops that of [8] but in a rather different backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE) context. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 161-168 |
| Journal | Systems and Control Letters |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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- Backward stochastic differential equation
- Ekeland's principle
- Near-optimal
- Necessary condition
- Sufficient condition