431 research outputs found
Continuous time mean-variance portfolio selection with nonlinear wealth equations and random coefficients
This paper concerns the continuous time mean-variance portfolio selection
problem with a special nonlinear wealth equation. This nonlinear wealth
equation has nonsmooth random coefficients and the dual method developed in [7]
does not work. To apply the completion of squares technique, we introduce two
Riccati equations to cope with the positive and negative part of the wealth
process separately. We obtain the efficient portfolio strategy and efficient
frontier for this problem. Finally, we find the appropriate sub-derivative
claimed in [7] using convex duality method.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1606.0548
Structural performance of approach slab and its effect on vehicle induced bridge dynamic response
Differential settlement often occurs between the bridge abutment and the embankment soil. It causes the approach slab to lose its contacts and supports from the soil and the slab will bend in a concave manner. Meanwhile, loads on the slab will also redistribute to the slab ends, which may result in faulting (or bump ) at the slab ends. Once a bump forms, repeating traffic vehicles can deteriorate the expansion joint in turn. In this case, the vehicle receives an initial disturbance before it reaches the bridge. This excitation introduces an extra impact load on the bridge and affects its dynamic responses. The present research targets at the structural performance of the approach slab as well as its effect on the vehicle induced bridge vibration. Firstly, the structural performance of the approach slab is investigated. Based on a parametric study, a correlation among the slab parameters, deflections, internal moments, and the differential settlements has been established. The predicted moments make it much easier to design the approach slab considering different levels of embankment settlements. While flat approach slab may be used for some short span applications, large span length would require a very thick slab. In such case, ribbed approach slabs are proposed, providing advantages over flat slabs. Based on finite element analysis, internal forces and deformations of ribbed slabs have been predicted and their designs are conducted. Secondly, a fully computerized vehicle-bridge coupled model has been developed to analyze the effect of approach slab deformation on bridges’ dynamic response induced by moving vehicles. With this model, the dynamic performance of vehicles and bridges under different road conditions (including approach slab deformation) can be obtained for different numbers and types of vehicles, and different types of bridges. A parametric study reveals that the deformation at the approach span causes significant dynamic responses in short span bridges. AASHTO specifications may underestimate the impact factors for short bridges with uneven joints at the bridge ends. Finally, this study investigated the possibility of using tuned mass damper (TMD) to suppress the vehicle-induced bridge vibration under the condition of uneven bridge expansion joints
Constrained stochastic LQ control with regime switching and application to portfolio selection
This paper is concerned with a stochastic linear-quadratic optimal control
problem with regime switching, random coefficients, and cone control
constraint. The randomness of the coefficients comes from two aspects: the
Brownian motion and the Markov chain. Using It\^{o}'s lemma for Markov chain,
we obtain the optimal state feedback control and optimal cost value explicitly
via two new systems of extended stochastic Riccati equations (ESREs). We prove
the existence and uniqueness of the two ESREs using tools including
multidimensional comparison theorem, truncation function technique, log
transformation and the John-Nirenberg inequality. These results are then
applied to study mean-variance portfolio selection problems with and without
short-selling prohibition with random parameters depending on both the Brownian
motion and the Markov chain. Finally, the efficient portfolios and efficient
frontiers are presented in closed forms
Comparison theorems for multi-dimensional BSDEs with jumps and applications to constrained stochastic linear-quadratic control
In this paper, we, for the first time, establish two comparison theorems for
multi-dimensional backward stochastic differential equations with jumps. Our
approach is novel and completely different from the existing results for
one-dimensional case. Using these and other delicate tools, we then construct
solutions to coupled two-dimensional stochastic Riccati equation with jumps in
both standard and singular cases. In the end, these results are applied to
solve a cone-constrained stochastic linear-quadratic and a mean-variance
portfolio selection problem with jumps. Different from no jump problems, the
optimal (relative) state processes may change their signs, which is of course
due to the presence of jumps
Constrained monotone mean-variance problem with random coefficients
This paper studies the monotone mean-variance (MMV) problem and the classical
mean-variance (MV) problem with convex cone trading constraints in a market
with random coefficients. We provide semiclosed optimal strategies and optimal
values for both problems via certain backward stochastic differential equations
(BSDEs). After noting the links between these BSDEs, we find that the two
problems share the same optimal portfolio and optimal value. This generalizes
the result of Shen and Zou SIAM J. Financial Math., 13 (2022), pp.
SC99-SC112 from deterministic coefficients to random ones
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