Almost sure properties of controlled diffusions and worst case properties of deterministic systems

Martino Bardi; Annalisa Cesaroni

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (2008)

  • Volume: 14, Issue: 2, page 343-355
  • ISSN: 1292-8119

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We compare a general controlled diffusion process with a deterministic system where a second controller drives the disturbance against the first controller. We show that the two models are equivalent with respect to two properties: the viability (or controlled invariance, or weak invariance) of closed smooth sets, and the existence of a smooth control Lyapunov function ensuring the stabilizability of the system at an equilibrium.


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Bardi, Martino, and Cesaroni, Annalisa. "Almost sure properties of controlled diffusions and worst case properties of deterministic systems." ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 14.2 (2008): 343-355. <http://eudml.org/doc/250309>.

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