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Risk measurement and risk-averse control of partially observable discrete-time Markov systems

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  • Jingnan Fan

    (Rutgers University)

  • Andrzej Ruszczyński

    (Rutgers University)

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We consider risk measurement in controlled partially observable Markov processes in discrete time. We introduce a new concept of conditional stochastic time consistency and we derive the structure of risk measures enjoying this property. We prove that they can be represented by a collection of static law invariant risk measures on the space of function of the observable part of the state. We also derive the corresponding dynamic programming equations. Finally we illustrate the results on a machine deterioration problem.

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  • Jingnan Fan & Andrzej Ruszczyński, 2018. "Risk measurement and risk-averse control of partially observable discrete-time Markov systems," Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research (GOR);Nederlands Genootschap voor Besliskunde (NGB), vol. 88(2), pages 161-184, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:mathme:v:88:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s00186-018-0633-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s00186-018-0633-5
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