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Markov Decision Processes with Risk-Sensitive Criteria: An Overview

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  • Nicole Bauerle
  • Anna Ja'skiewicz

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The paper provides an overview of the theory and applications of risk-sensitive Markov decision processes. The term 'risk-sensitive' refers here to the use of the Optimized Certainty Equivalent as a means to measure expectation and risk. This comprises the well-known entropic risk measure and Conditional Value-at-Risk. We restrict our considerations to stationary problems with an infinite time horizon. Conditions are given under which optimal policies exist and solution procedures are explained. We present both the theory when the Optimized Certainty Equivalent is applied recursively as well as the case where it is applied to the cumulated reward. Discounted as well as non-discounted models are reviewed

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  • Nicole Bauerle & Anna Ja'skiewicz, 2023. "Markov Decision Processes with Risk-Sensitive Criteria: An Overview," Papers 2311.06896, arXiv.org.
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    1. Rolando Cavazos-Cadena & Daniel Hernández-Hernández, 2016. "A Characterization of the Optimal Certainty Equivalent of the Average Cost via the Arrow-Pratt Sensitivity Function," Mathematics of Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 41(1), pages 224-235, February.
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