Applied Mathematics and Optimization, Vol.80, No.1, 223-250, 2019
Linear Quadratic Optimal Control Problems for Mean-Field Backward Stochastic Differential Equations
This paper is concerned with linear quadratic optimal control problems for mean-field backward stochastic differential equations (MF-BSDEs, for short) with deterministic coefficients. The optimality system, which is a linear mean-field forward-backward stochastic differential equation with constraint, is obtained by a variational method. By decoupling the optimality system, two coupled Riccati equations and an MF-BSDE are derived. It turns out that the coupled two Riccati equations are uniquely solvable. Then a complete and explicit representation is obtained for the optimal control.
Keywords:Linear quadratic optimal control;Mean-field backward stochastic differential equation;Riccati equation;Optimality system;Decoupling