Solvency Markov decision processes with interest
arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.3119, 2013•arxiv.org
Solvency games, introduced by Berger et al., provide an abstract framework for modelling
decisions of a risk-averse investor, whose goal is to avoid ever going broke. We study a new
variant of this model, where, in addition to stochastic environment and fixed increments and
decrements to the investor's wealth, we introduce interest, which is earned or paid on the
current level of savings or debt, respectively. We study problems related to the minimum
initial wealth sufficient to avoid bankruptcy (ie steady decrease of the wealth) with probability …
decisions of a risk-averse investor, whose goal is to avoid ever going broke. We study a new
variant of this model, where, in addition to stochastic environment and fixed increments and
decrements to the investor's wealth, we introduce interest, which is earned or paid on the
current level of savings or debt, respectively. We study problems related to the minimum
initial wealth sufficient to avoid bankruptcy (ie steady decrease of the wealth) with probability …
Solvency games, introduced by Berger et al., provide an abstract framework for modelling decisions of a risk-averse investor, whose goal is to avoid ever going broke. We study a new variant of this model, where, in addition to stochastic environment and fixed increments and decrements to the investor's wealth, we introduce interest, which is earned or paid on the current level of savings or debt, respectively. We study problems related to the minimum initial wealth sufficient to avoid bankruptcy (i.e. steady decrease of the wealth) with probability at least p. We present an exponential time algorithm which approximates this minimum initial wealth, and show that a polynomial time approximation is not possible unless P = NP. For the qualitative case, i.e. p=1, we show that the problem whether a given number is larger than or equal to the minimum initial wealth belongs to both NP and coNP, and show that a polynomial time algorithm would yield a polynomial time algorithm for mean-payoff games, existence of which is a longstanding open problem. We also identify some classes of solvency MDPs for which this problem is in P. In all above cases the algorithms also give corresponding bankruptcy avoiding strategies.
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