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- Title
Exact Optimal Stopping for Multidimensional Linear Switching Diffusions.
- Authors
Ernst, Philip; Mei, Hongwei
- Abstract
The paper studies a class of multidimensional optimal stopping problems with infinite horizon for linear switching diffusions. There are two main novelties in the optimal problems considered: The underlying stochastic process has discontinuous paths, and the cost function is not necessarily integrable on the entire time horizon, where the latter is often a key assumption in classical optimal stopping theory for diffusions. Under relatively mild conditions, we show, for the class of multidimensional optimal stopping problems under consideration, that the first entry time of the stopping region is an optimal stopping time. Further, we prove that the corresponding optimal stopping boundaries can be represented as the unique solution to a nonlinear integral equation. We conclude with an application of our results to the problem of quickest real-time detection of a Markovian drift. Funding: P. Ernst received financial support from the Army Research Office [Grant ARO-YIP-71636-MA], the National Science Foundation [Grant DMS-1811936], and the Office of Naval Research [Grants N00014-18-1-2192 and N00014-21-1-2672].
- Subjects
NATIONAL Science Foundation (U.S.); UNITED States. Office of Naval Research; NONLINEAR integral equations; COST functions; OFFICES; STOCHASTIC processes; TIME perspective
- Publication
Mathematics of Operations Research, 2023, Vol 48, Issue 3, p1589
- ISSN
0364-765X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1287/moor.2022.1312