Physics-informed approach for exploratory Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman equations via policy iterations

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Hauptverfasser: Kim, Yeongjong, Cho, Namkyeong, Kim, Minseok, Kim, Yeoneung
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author Kim, Yeongjong
Cho, Namkyeong
Kim, Minseok
Kim, Yeoneung
author_facet Kim, Yeongjong
Cho, Namkyeong
Kim, Minseok
Kim, Yeoneung
contents We propose a mesh-free policy iteration framework based on physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) for solving entropy-regularized stochastic control problems. The method iteratively alternates between soft policy evaluation and improvement using automatic differentiation and neural approximation, without relying on spatial discretization. We present a detailed $L^2$ error analysis that decomposes the total approximation error into three sources: iteration error, policy network error, and PDE residual error. The proposed algorithm is validated with a range of challenging control tasks, including high-dimensional linear-quadratic regulation in 5D and 10D, as well as nonlinear systems such as pendulum and cartpole problems. Numerical results confirm the scalability, accuracy, and robustness of our approach across both linear and nonlinear benchmarks.
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spellingShingle Physics-informed approach for exploratory Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman equations via policy iterations
Kim, Yeongjong
Cho, Namkyeong
Kim, Minseok
Kim, Yeoneung
Numerical Analysis
93E20, 35Q93, 68T07
We propose a mesh-free policy iteration framework based on physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) for solving entropy-regularized stochastic control problems. The method iteratively alternates between soft policy evaluation and improvement using automatic differentiation and neural approximation, without relying on spatial discretization. We present a detailed $L^2$ error analysis that decomposes the total approximation error into three sources: iteration error, policy network error, and PDE residual error. The proposed algorithm is validated with a range of challenging control tasks, including high-dimensional linear-quadratic regulation in 5D and 10D, as well as nonlinear systems such as pendulum and cartpole problems. Numerical results confirm the scalability, accuracy, and robustness of our approach across both linear and nonlinear benchmarks.
title Physics-informed approach for exploratory Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman equations via policy iterations
topic Numerical Analysis
93E20, 35Q93, 68T07
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01720