Mean-field optimal control problem of SDDEs driven by fractional Brownian motion (1706.06233v3)

Abstract: We consider a mean-field optimal control problem for stochastic differential equations with delay driven by fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter greater than one half. Stochastic optimal control problems driven by fractional Brownian motion can not be studied using classical methods, because the fractional Brownian motion is neither a Markov process nor a semi-martingale. However, using the fractional White noise calculus combined with some special tools related to the differentiation for functions of measures, we establish and prove necessary and sufficient stochastic maximum principles. To illustrate our study, we consider two applications: we solve a problem of optimal consumption from a cash flow with delay and a linear-quadratique (LQ) problem with delay.