This paper analyses the implementation of the generalized finite differences method for the HJB equation of stochastic control, introduced by two of the authors in [Bonnans and Zidani, SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 41 (2003) 1008-1021]. The computation of coefficients needs to solve at each point of the grid (and for each control) a linear programming problem. We show here that, for two dimensional problems, this linear programming problem can be solved in operations, where is the size of the stencil. The method is based on a walk on the Stern-Brocot tree, and on the related filling of the set of positive semidefinite matrices of size two.
@article{M2AN_2004__38_4_723_0,
author = {Bonnans, J. Fr\'ed\'eric and Ottenwaelter, \'Elisabeth and Zidani, Housnaa},
title = {A fast algorithm for the two dimensional HJB equation of stochastic control},
journal = {ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Mod\'elisation Math\'ematique et Analyse Num\'erique},
volume = {38},
year = {2004},
pages = {723-735},
doi = {10.1051/m2an:2004034},
mrnumber = {2087732},
zbl = {1130.93433},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/M2AN_2004__38_4_723_0}
}
Bonnans, J. Frédéric; Ottenwaelter, Élisabeth; Zidani, Housnaa. A fast algorithm for the two dimensional HJB equation of stochastic control. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Tome 38 (2004) pp. 723-735. doi : 10.1051/m2an:2004034. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/M2AN_2004__38_4_723_0/
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