Mean-field control of non exchangeable systems
We study the optimal control of mean-field systems with heterogeneous and asymmetric interactions. This leads to considering a family of controlled Brownian diffusion processes with dynamics depending on the whole collection of marginal probability laws. We prove the well-posedness of such systems and define the control problem together with its related value function. We next prove a law invariance property for the value function which allows us to work on the set of collections of probability laws. We show that the value function satisfies a dynamic programming principle (DPP) on the flow of collections of probability measures. We also derive a chain rule for a class of regular functions along the flows of collections of marginal laws of diffusion processes. Combining the DPP and the chain rule, we prove that the value function is a viscosity solution of a Bellman dynamic programming equation in a L 2 -set of Wasserstein space-valued functions.
Authors
- Marco Fuhrman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9325-7053)
- Idris Kharroubi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4192-4712)
- Huyên Pham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1847-7750)
- Anna De Crescenzo
Institutions
- École Polytechnique (FR)
- University of Milan (IT)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Sorbonne Paris Cité (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ESAIM Control Optimisation and Calculus of Variations
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2025090
- Primary Topic
- Stochastic processes and financial applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00