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Mean field forward-backward stochastic differential equations

René Carmona and François Delarue

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Abstract

The purpose of this note is to provide an existence result for the solution of fully coupled Forward Backward Stochastic Differential Equations (FBSDEs) of the mean field type. These equations occur in the study of mean field games and the optimal control of dynamics of the McKean Vlasov type.

Article information

Source
Electron. Commun. Probab., Volume 18 (2013), paper no. 68, 15 pp.

Dates
Accepted: 7 August 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 7 June 2016

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ecp/1465315607

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/ECP.v18-2446

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3091726

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1297.93182

Subjects
Primary: 93E20: Optimal stochastic control 60H30: Applications of stochastic analysis (to PDE, etc.)
Secondary: 60H10: Stochastic ordinary differential equations [See also 34F05] 60F99: None of the above, but in this section

Keywords
FBSDEs Mean Field Interactions

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Citation

Carmona, René; Delarue, François. Mean field forward-backward stochastic differential equations. Electron. Commun. Probab. 18 (2013), paper no. 68, 15 pp. doi:10.1214/ECP.v18-2446. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ecp/1465315607


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