Dual and backward SDE representation for optimal control of non-Markovian SDEs

We study optimal stochastic control problem for non-Markovian stochastic differential equations (SDEs) where the drift, diffusion coefficients, and gain functionals are path-dependent, and importantly we do not make any ellipticity assumption on the SDE. We develop a controls randomization approach, and prove that the value function can be reformulated under a family of dominated measures on an enlarged filtered probability space. This value function is then characterized by a backward SDE with nonpositive jumps under a single probability measure, which can be viewed as a path-dependent version of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation, and an extension to $G$ expectation.

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Source https://hal.science/hal-00876957
Author Fuhrman, Marco, Pham, Huyen
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 9, 2026, 06:10 (UTC)
Created May 9, 2026, 06:10 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00876957
Language en
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contributor Dipartimento di Matematica "F. Brioschi" ; Politecnico di Milano [Milan] (POLIMI)
creator Fuhrman, Marco
date 2013-10-25T00:00:00
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harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
metadata_modified 2025-09-29T00:00:00
relation info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/1310.6943
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