Finite stateN-agent and mean field control problems

Abstract

We examine mean field control problems on a finite state space, in continuous time and over a finite time horizon. We characterize the value function of the mean field control problem as the unique viscosity solution of a Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation in the simplex. In absence of any convexity assumption, we exploit this characterization to prove convergence, asNgrows, of the value functions of the centralizedN-agent optimal control problem to the limit mean field control problem value function, with a convergence rate of order [see formula in PDF]. Then, assuming convexity, we show that the limit value function is smooth and establish propagation of chaos,i.e.convergence of theN-agent optimal trajectories to the unique limiting optimal trajectory, with an explicit rate.

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