On stochastic control for time changed Lévy dynamics

Abstract

Controlled stochastic differential equations driven by time changed Lévy noises do not enjoy the Markov property in general, but can be treated in the framework of general martingales. From the modelling point of view, time changed noises constitute a feasible way to include time dependencies at noise level and still keep a reasonably simple structure. Furthermore, they are easy to simulate, with the result that time change Lévy dynamics attract attention in various fields of application. In this work we survey an approach to stochastic control via maximum principle for time changed Lévy dynamics. We emphasise the role and use of different information flows in tackling the various control problems. We show how these techniques can be extended to include Volterra type dynamics and the control of forward–backward systems of equations. Our techniques make use of the stochastic non-anticipating (NA) derivative in a general martingale framework.