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math.OC2026

The microstructure of information through mean field learning interaction

Panagiotis E. Souganidis, Renyuan Xu, Thaleia Zariphopoulou

We study how knowledge about partially observable model parameters is being created and propagated in large scale systems. Information is generated from observational signals whose…

math.OC2026

On the optimal portfolio problem with partial information and related mean field games with relative performance criteria

Panagiotis Souganidis, Thaleia Zariphopoulou

We study optimal portfolio choice models in markets with partial information about the stock's drift. We solve the single agent problem for general utilities using a new approach t…

math.OC2024

Decision Making under Costly Sequential Information Acquisition: the Paradigm of Reversible and Irreversible Decisions

Renyuan Xu, Thaleia Zariphopoulou, Luhao Zhang

Decision making in modern stochastic systems, including e-commerce platforms, financial markets and healthcare systems, has evolved into a multifaceted process that combines inform…

math.OC2020★ 12 cited

Entropy Regularization for Mean Field Games with Learning

Xin Guo, Renyuan Xu, Thaleia Zariphopoulou

Entropy regularization has been extensively adopted to improve the efficiency, the stability, and the convergence of algorithms in reinforcement learning. This paper analyzes both…

math.OC2018★ 20 cited

Exploration versus exploitation in reinforcement learning: a stochastic control approach

Haoran Wang, Thaleia Zariphopoulou, Xunyu Zhou

We consider reinforcement learning (RL) in continuous time and study the problem of achieving the best trade-off between exploration of a black box environment and exploitation of…

math.OC2018★ 1 cited

An approximation scheme for semilinear parabolic PDEs with convex and coercive Hamiltonians

Shuo Huang, Gechun Liang, Thaleia Zariphopoulou

We propose an approximation scheme for a class of semilinear parabolic equations that are convex and coercive in their gradients. Such equations arise often in pricing and portfoli…