3 papers
math.OC2026
Partial health status observability and time horizon uncertainty in mean-field game epidemiological models
Carlos Doebeli, Alexander Vladimirsky
We introduce Mean-Field Game (MFG) epidemiological models, in which immunity either wanes with time in a fully observable way or disappears instantaneously with no direct observati…
math.OC2025
Occasionally Observed Piecewise-deterministic Markov Processes
Marissa Gee, Alexander Vladimirsky
Piecewise-deterministic Markov processes (PDMPs) are often used to model abrupt changes in the global environment or capabilities of a controlled system. This is typically done by…
math.OC2025
Monotone Causality in Opportunistically Stochastic Shortest Path Problems
Mallory E. Gaspard, Alexander Vladimirsky
When traveling through a graph with an accessible deterministic path to a target, is it ever preferable to resort to stochastic node-to-node transitions instead? And if so, what ar…