Result: ADAPTIVE ROBUST CONTROL IN CONTINUOUS TIME.

We propose a continuous-time version of the adaptive robust methodology introduced in T. R. Bielecki et al. [SIAM J. Control Optim., 57 (2019), pp. 925-946]. An agent solves a stochastic control problem where the underlying uncertainty follows a jump-diffusion process and the agent does not know the drift parameters of the process. The agent considers a set of alternative measures to make the control problem robust to model misspecification and employs a continuous-time estimator to learn the value of the unknown parameters to make the control problem adaptive to the arrival of new information. We use measurable selection theorems to prove the dynamic programming principle of the adaptive robust problem and show that the value function of the agent is characterized by a nonlinear partial differential equation. As an example, we derive the optimal adaptive robust strategy for an agent who acquires a large amount of shares in an order driven market and illustrate the financial performance of the execution strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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