Title : 
Equivalence of decentralized stochastic dynamic decision systems via Girsanov´s measure transformation
         
        
            Author : 
Charalambous, Charalambos D. ; Ahmed, N.U.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper we present two methods for decentralized optimization of continuous and discrete-time stochastic dynamic decision systems, with multiple decision makers having nonclassical information structures. For both methods we apply Girsanov´s change of measure to transform such problems into equivalent optimization problems, under a reference probability measure, with corresponding observations and information structures available for decisions, which are not affected by any of the decisions.
         
        
            Keywords : 
decision making; optimisation; stochastic processes; Girsanov measure transformation; decentralized optimization; decision making; stochastic dynamic decision system; Educational institutions; Extraterrestrial measurements; Process control; Standards; Stochastic processes; Stochastic systems; Transforms;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Decision and Control (CDC), 2014 IEEE 53rd Annual Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Los Angeles, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-7746-8
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CDC.2014.7039420