Risk-Sensitive Control and Dynamic Games for Partially Observed Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems

Risk-Sensitive Control and Dynamic Games for Partially Observed Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems

Title : Risk-Sensitive Control and Dynamic Games for Partially Observed Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems
Authors :
Baras, John S.
Elliott, Robert J
James, Matthew R

Journal : IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Vol. 39, No. 9, pp. 780-792
April 01, 1994

In this paper, we solve a finite-horizon partially observed risk-sensitive stochastic optimal control problem for discrete-time nonlinear systems and obtain small noise and small risk limits. The small noise limit is interpreted as a deterministic partially observed dynamic game, and new insights into the optimal solution of such game problems are obtained. Both the risk-sensitive stochastic control problem and the deterministic dynamic game problem are solved using information states, dynamic programming, and associated separated policies. A certainty equivalence principle is also discussed. Our results have implications for the nonlinear robust stabilization problem. The small risk limit is a standard partially observed risk-neutral stochastic optimal control problem.

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