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Optimization
A Journal of Mathematical Programming and Operations Research
Volume 71, 2022 - Issue 6
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Robust optimal R&D investment under technical uncertainty in a regime-switching environment

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Pages 1557-1578 | Received 03 Jan 2020, Accepted 23 Aug 2020, Published online: 16 Sep 2020
 

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we extend the classic optimal research and development (R&D) investment model into the regime-switching environment. We formulate a robust model to obtain the maximal net value function of the R&D project under a family of real-world measures, which can also be regarded as a stochastic differential game. Then, the verification argument is provided. Though we do not find the closed-form solution, we give a numerical simulation to further study the qualities of the solution to our model.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to Professor G.-W. Weber, the editor and reviewers for their constructive comments, which helps us to improve the paper.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 11471230 and 11671282] and the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities [grant number 2012017yjsy142].

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