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The stochastic maximum principle (SMP) gives some necessary conditions for optimality for a stochastic optimal control problem. We give a summary of well-known results concerning stochastic maximum principle in finite-dimensional state space as well as some recent developments in infinite-dimensional state space.

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Hu, Y. (2020). Stochastic Maximum Principle. In: Baillieul, J., Samad, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Systems and Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_229-2

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    Stochastic Maximum Principle
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    06 November 2019

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_229-2

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    Stochastic Maximum Principle
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    21 March 2014

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_229-1