Solutions of semi-Markov control models with recursive discount rates and approximation by $ϵ$-optimal policies

García, Yofre H., and González-Hernández, Juan. "Solutions of semi-Markov control models with recursive discount rates and approximation by $\epsilon $-optimal policies." Kybernetika 55.3 (2019): 495-517. <http://eudml.org/doc/294562>.

@article{García2019,
abstract = {This paper studies a class of discrete-time discounted semi-Markov control model on Borel spaces. We assume possibly unbounded costs and a non-stationary exponential form in the discount factor which depends of on a rate, called the discount rate. Given an initial discount rate the evolution in next steps depends on both the previous discount rate and the sojourn time of the system at the current state. The new results provided here are the existence and the approximation of optimal policies for this class of discounted Markov control model with non-stationary rates and the horizon is finite or infinite. Under regularity condition on sojourn time distributions and measurable selector conditions, we show the validity of the dynamic programming algorithm for the finite horizon case. By the convergence in finite steps to the value functions, we guarantee the existence of non-stationary optimal policies for the infinite horizon case and we approximate them using non-stationary $\epsilon $-optimal policies. We illustrated our results a discounted semi-Markov linear-quadratic model, when the evolution of the discount rate follows an appropriate type of stochastic differential equation.},
author = {García, Yofre H., González-Hernández, Juan},
journal = {Kybernetika},
keywords = {optimal stochastic control; dynamic programming method; semi-Markov processes},
language = {eng},
number = {3},
pages = {495-517},
publisher = {Institute of Information Theory and Automation AS CR},
title = {Solutions of semi-Markov control models with recursive discount rates and approximation by $\epsilon $-optimal policies},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/294562},
volume = {55},
year = {2019},
}

TY - JOUR
AU - García, Yofre H.
AU - González-Hernández, Juan
TI - Solutions of semi-Markov control models with recursive discount rates and approximation by $\epsilon $-optimal policies
JO - Kybernetika
PY - 2019
PB - Institute of Information Theory and Automation AS CR
VL - 55
IS - 3
SP - 495
EP - 517
AB - This paper studies a class of discrete-time discounted semi-Markov control model on Borel spaces. We assume possibly unbounded costs and a non-stationary exponential form in the discount factor which depends of on a rate, called the discount rate. Given an initial discount rate the evolution in next steps depends on both the previous discount rate and the sojourn time of the system at the current state. The new results provided here are the existence and the approximation of optimal policies for this class of discounted Markov control model with non-stationary rates and the horizon is finite or infinite. Under regularity condition on sojourn time distributions and measurable selector conditions, we show the validity of the dynamic programming algorithm for the finite horizon case. By the convergence in finite steps to the value functions, we guarantee the existence of non-stationary optimal policies for the infinite horizon case and we approximate them using non-stationary $\epsilon $-optimal policies. We illustrated our results a discounted semi-Markov linear-quadratic model, when the evolution of the discount rate follows an appropriate type of stochastic differential equation.
LA - eng
KW - optimal stochastic control; dynamic programming method; semi-Markov processes
UR - http://eudml.org/doc/294562
ER -