SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol.48, No.5, 2945-2976, 2009
MAXIMUM PRINCIPLES FOR OPTIMAL CONTROL OF FORWARD-BACKWARD STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH JUMPS
We present various versions of the maximum principle for optimal control of forward-backward stochastic differential equations (SDE) with jumps. Our study is motivated by risk minimization via g-expectations. We first prove a general sufficient maximum principle for optimal control with partial information of a stochastic system consisting of a forward and a backward SDE driven by Levy processes. We then present a Malliavin calculus approach which allows us to handle non-Markovian systems. Finally, we give examples of applications.
Keywords:maximum principle;forward-backward stochastic differential equations;Malliavin calculus;stochastic optimal control;convex risk measures;risk minimization