Deterministic time-inconsistent optimal control problems - an essentially cooperative approach

Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-30

  Yong, Jiong Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

multi level hierarchical differential games; pre committed optimal control; time consistent equilibrium control; time inconsistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 83355170525     PISSN: 01689673     EISSN: 16183932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10255-012-0120-3     Document Type: Article

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