Dynamic control of stochastic matching systems in heavy traffic: An effective computational method for high-dimensional problems

Fuente: arXiv
Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ata, Baris, Xu, Yaosheng
Formato: Preprint
Publicado: 2025
Materias:
Acceso en línea:
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
_version_ 1866914098921340928
author Ata, Baris
Xu, Yaosheng
author_facet Ata, Baris
Xu, Yaosheng
contents Bipartite matching systems arise in many settings where agents or tasks from two distinct sets must be paired dynamically under compatibility constraints. We consider a high-dimensional bipartite matching system under uncertainty and seek an effective dynamic control policy that maximizes the expected discounted total value generated by the matches minus the congestion-related costs. To derive a tractable approximation, we focus attention on balanced, high-volume systems, i.e., the heavy-traffic regime, and derive an approximating Brownian control problem. We then develop a computational method that relies on deep neural network technology for solving this problem. To show the effectiveness of the policy derived from our computational method, we compare it to the benchmark policies available in the extant literature in the context of the original matching problem. In the test problems attempted thus far, our proposed policy outperforms the benchmarks, and its derivation is computationally feasible for dimensions up to 100 or more.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2509_00809
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Dynamic control of stochastic matching systems in heavy traffic: An effective computational method for high-dimensional problems
Ata, Baris
Xu, Yaosheng
Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
Analysis of PDEs
Bipartite matching systems arise in many settings where agents or tasks from two distinct sets must be paired dynamically under compatibility constraints. We consider a high-dimensional bipartite matching system under uncertainty and seek an effective dynamic control policy that maximizes the expected discounted total value generated by the matches minus the congestion-related costs. To derive a tractable approximation, we focus attention on balanced, high-volume systems, i.e., the heavy-traffic regime, and derive an approximating Brownian control problem. We then develop a computational method that relies on deep neural network technology for solving this problem. To show the effectiveness of the policy derived from our computational method, we compare it to the benchmark policies available in the extant literature in the context of the original matching problem. In the test problems attempted thus far, our proposed policy outperforms the benchmarks, and its derivation is computationally feasible for dimensions up to 100 or more.
title Dynamic control of stochastic matching systems in heavy traffic: An effective computational method for high-dimensional problems
topic Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00809