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Risk-sensitive semi-Markov decision processes with general utilities and multiple criteria | |
YONGHUI HUANG1; ZHAOTONG LIAN2; XIANPING GUO1 | |
2018-09 | |
Source Publication | Advances in Applied Probability |
ISSN | 0001-8678 |
Volume | 50Issue:3Pages:783-804 |
Abstract | In this paper we investigate risk-sensitive semi-Markov decision processes with a Borel state space, unbounded cost rates, and general utility functions. The performance criteria are several expected utilities of the total cost in a finite horizon. Our analysis is based on a type of finite-horizon occupation measure. We express the distribution of the finite-horizon cost in terms of the occupation measure for each policy, wherein the discount is not needed. For unconstrained and constrained problems, we establish the existence and computation of optimal policies. In particular, we develop a linear program and its dual program for the constrained problem and, moreover, establish the strong duality between the two programs. Finally, we provide two special cases of our results, one of which concerns the discrete-time model, and the other the chance-constrained problem. |
Keyword | Expected Utility Finite-horizon Cost Linear Program Occupation Measure Semi-markov Decision Process |
DOI | 10.1017/apr.2018.36 |
URL | View the original |
Indexed By | SCIE |
Language | 英語English |
WOS Research Area | Mathematics |
WOS Subject | Statistics & Probability |
WOS ID | WOS:000450373200006 |
Publisher | APPLIED PROBABILITY TRUST, THE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL MATHEMATICS STATISTICS, SHEFFIELD S3 7RH, ENGLAND |
Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85056620050 |
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Document Type | Journal article |
Collection | DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT University of Macau |
Affiliation | 1.School of Mathematics,SunYat-Sen University,,Guangzhou,510275,China 2.Faculty of Business Administration,University of Macau,,Macau,Macao |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | YONGHUI HUANG,ZHAOTONG LIAN,XIANPING GUO. Risk-sensitive semi-Markov decision processes with general utilities and multiple criteria[J]. Advances in Applied Probability, 2018, 50(3), 783-804. |
APA | YONGHUI HUANG., ZHAOTONG LIAN., & XIANPING GUO (2018). Risk-sensitive semi-Markov decision processes with general utilities and multiple criteria. Advances in Applied Probability, 50(3), 783-804. |
MLA | YONGHUI HUANG,et al."Risk-sensitive semi-Markov decision processes with general utilities and multiple criteria".Advances in Applied Probability 50.3(2018):783-804. |
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