Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/233754 
Year of Publication: 
2020
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[Journal:] Mathematical Finance [ISSN:] 1467-9965 [Volume:] 30 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Wiley [Place:] Hoboken, NJ [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 1591-1616
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Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
Abstract: 
In this paper, we propose a Weighted Stochastic Mesh (WSM) algorithm for approximating the value of discrete- and continuous-time optimal stopping problems. In this context, we consider tractability of such problems via a useful notion of semitractability and the introduction of a tractability index for a particular numerical solution algorithm. It is shown that in the discrete-time case the WSM algorithm leads to semitractability of the corresponding optimal stopping problem in the sense that its complexity is bounded in order by ε−4logd+2(1/ε) with d being the dimension of the underlying Markov chain. Furthermore, we study the WSM approach in the context of continuous-time optimal stopping problems and derive the corresponding complexity bounds. Although we cannot prove semitractability in this case, our bounds turn out to be the tightest ones among the complexity bounds known in the literature. We illustrate our theoretical findings by a numerical example.
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complexity
Monte Carlo algorithms
optimal stopping
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