Description: 1. Basic Stochastic Calculus.- 1. Probability.- 2. Stochastic Processes.- 3. Stopping Times.- 4. Martingales.- 5. It's Integral.- 6. Stochastic Differential Equations.- 2. Stochastic Optimal Control Problems.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Deterministic Cases Revisited.- 3. Examples of Stochastic Control Problems.- 4. Formulations of Stochastic Optimal Control Problems.- 5. Existence of Optimal Controls.- 6. Reachable Sets of Stochastic Control Systems.- 7. Other Stochastic Control Models.- 8. Historical Remarks.- 3. Maximum Principle and Stochastic Hamiltonian Systems.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Deterministic Case Revisited.- 3. Statement of the Stochastic Maximum Principle.- 4. A Proof of the Maximum Principle.- 5. Sufficient Conditions of Optimality.- 6. Problems with State Constraints.- 7. Historical Remarks.- 4. Dynamic Programming and HJB Equations.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Deterministic Case Revisited.- 3. The Stochastic Principle of Optimality and the HJB Equation.- 4. Other Propertiesof the Value Function.- 5. Viscosity Solutions.- 6. Uniqueness of Viscosity Solutions.- 7. Historical Remarks.- 5. The Relationship Between the Maximum Principle and Dynamic Programming.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Classical Hamilton-Jacobi Theory.- 3. Relationship for Deterministic Systems.- 4. Relationship for Stochastic Systems.- 5. Stochastic Verification Theorems.- 6. Optimal Feedback Controls.- 7. Historical Remarks.- 6. Linear Quadratic Optimal Control Problems.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Deterministic LQ Problems Revisited.- 3. Formulation of Stochastic LQ Problems.- 4. Finiteness and Solvability.- 5. A Necessary Condition and a Hamiltonian System.- 6. Stochastic Riccati Equations.- 7. Global Solvability of Stochastic Riccati Equations.- 8. A Mean-variance Portfolio Selection Problem.- 9. Historical Remarks.- 7. Backward Stochastic Differential Equations.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Linear Backward Stochastic Differential Equations.- 3. Nonlinear Backward Stochastic Differential Equations.- 4. Feynman--Kac-Type Formulae.- 5. Forward--Backward Stochastic Differential Equations.- 6. Option Pricing Problems.- 7. Historical Remarks.- References.

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