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6 papers

math.OC2026

On the Approximation of Optimal Control in Regime-Switching Diffusions

Somnath Pradhan, Dinesh Rathia

We study approximation and structural simplification of optimal control policies for controlled regime-switching diffusion processes for discounted, ergodic, finite-horizon, and ex…

math.OC2026

Near Optimality of Discrete-Time Approximations for Controlled McKean-Vlasov and Large Interacting Particle Diffusions

Somnath Pradhan, Serdar Yuksel

We study stochastic optimal control problems for (possibly degenerate) McKean-Vlasov controlled diffusions and obtain discrete-time as well as finite interacting particle approxima…

math.OC2026

Reinforcement Learning for Discounted and Ergodic Control of Diffusion Processes

Erhan Bayraktar, Ali D. Kara, Somnath Pradhan +1

This paper develops a quantized Q-learning algorithm for the optimal control of controlled diffusion processes on under both discounted and ergodic (average) cost cr…

math.OC2025

Robustness of optimal control for controlled regime-switching diffusions with incorrect models

Somnath Pradhan, Dinesh Rathia

This paper investigates the robustness of stochastic optimal control for controlled regime switching diffusions. We consider systems driven by both continuous fluctuations and disc…

math.OC2025

Controlled Diffusions under Full, Partial and Decentralized Information: Existence of Optimal Policies and Discrete-Time Approximations

Somnath Pradhan, Serdar Yüksel

We present existence and discrete-time approximation results on optimal control policies for continuous-time stochastic control problems under a variety of information structures.…

math.OC2025

Discrete-Time Approximations of Controlled Diffusions with Infinite Horizon Discounted and Average Cost

Somnath Pradhan, Serdar Yuksel

We present discrete-time approximation of optimal control policies for infinite horizon discounted/ergodic control problems for controlled diffusions in $\Rd$\,. In particular, our…