The mean-field control problem for heterogeneous forward-backward systems

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author Sojmark, Andreas
Zhang, Zeng
author_facet Sojmark, Andreas
Zhang, Zeng
contents We study the problem of mean-field control when the state dynamics are given by general systems of forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDEs) with heterogeneous mean-field interactions. Firstly, we introduce a novel methodology for reducing the well-posedness of such systems to that of a single randomized mean-field FBSDE. As a consequence, we show that, in the fully coupled case, smallness conditions yield existence and uniqueness for both the system itself and the associated variational and adjoint systems. Secondly, we derive a stochastic maximum principle and a verification for the mean-field control problem. This provides necessary and sufficient conditions for optimality.
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spellingShingle The mean-field control problem for heterogeneous forward-backward systems
Sojmark, Andreas
Zhang, Zeng
Optimization and Control
Probability
49N80, 60H10, 60K35, 93E20
We study the problem of mean-field control when the state dynamics are given by general systems of forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDEs) with heterogeneous mean-field interactions. Firstly, we introduce a novel methodology for reducing the well-posedness of such systems to that of a single randomized mean-field FBSDE. As a consequence, we show that, in the fully coupled case, smallness conditions yield existence and uniqueness for both the system itself and the associated variational and adjoint systems. Secondly, we derive a stochastic maximum principle and a verification for the mean-field control problem. This provides necessary and sufficient conditions for optimality.
title The mean-field control problem for heterogeneous forward-backward systems
topic Optimization and Control
Probability
49N80, 60H10, 60K35, 93E20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17879