This was part of
Mathematical Advances in Mean Field Games
Computational Methods in High-Dimensional Stochastic Optimal Control
Mete Soner, Princeton University
Monday, December 13, 2021
Abstract: McKean-Vlasov control problems are naturally formulated in the infinite-dimensional Wasserstein spaces. Â Their effective approximations are therefore high-dimensional and until recently such problems were essentially intractable. Â However, Â several recent studies report impressive numerical results in quite high dimensions. Â All these papers use a Monte-Carlo type algorithm combined with deep neural networks proposed by Han, E and Jentzen. Â In this talk I will outline this approach and discuss its properties. Â Numerical results, while validating the power of the method in high dimensions, it also show the dependence of the dimension and the size of the training data. Â This is joint work with Max Reppen of Boston University and Valentin Tissot-Daguette from Princeton.