Optimal Feedback Controls of Stochastic Linear Quadratic Control Problems in Infinite Dimensions with Random Coefficients

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Lü, Qi, Wang, Tianxiao
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 21.02.2022
• Subjects: Control systems; Feedback; Linear operators; Operators (mathematics); Optimal control; Parabolic differential equations; Partial differential equations; Riccati equation; Thermodynamics; Wave equations
• ISSN: 2331-8422

It is a longstanding unsolved problem to characterize the optimal feedback controls for general linear quadratic optimal control problem of stochastic evolution equation with random coefficients. A solution to this problem is given in [21] under some assumptions which can be verified for interesting concrete models, such as controlled stochastic wave equations, controlled stochastic Schr\"odinger equations, etc. More precisely, the authors establish the equivalence between the existence of optimal feedback operator and the solvability of the corresponding operator-valued, backward stochastic Riccati equations. However, their result cannot cover some important stochastic partial differential equations, such as stochastic heat equations, stochastic stokes equations, etc. A key contribution of the current work is to relax the \(C_0\)-group assumption of unbounded linear operator \(A\) in [21] and using contraction semigroup assumption instead. Therefore, our result can be well applicable in the linear quadratic problem of stochastic parabolic partial differential equations. To this end, we introduce a suitable notion to the aforementioned Riccati equation, and some delicate techniques which are even new in the finite dimensional case.