Optimal stopping under g_\Gamma expectation

TL;DR

This paper addresses the existence of optimal stopping times under the nonlinear g_Gamma expectation, extending classical methods with new theoretical tools to handle the lack of strict comparison theorem.

Contribution

It introduces a modified approach to find optimal stopping times under g_Gamma expectation using continuous properties and advanced BSDE theories, without relying on down-crossing inequalities.

Findings

Established existence of optimal stopping times under g_Gamma expectation.

Developed a new method to obtain RCLL modifications of the value process.

Extended classical optimal stopping theory to nonlinear expectation frameworks.

Abstract

In this paper, we solve the existence problem of optimal stopping problem under some kind of nonlinear expectation named g_\Gamma expectation which was recently introduced in Peng, S.G. and Xu, M.Y. [8]. Our method based on our preceding work on the continuous property of g_\Gamma solution. Generally, the strict comparison theorem does not hold under such nonlinear expectations any more, but we can still modify the classical method to find out an optimal stopping time via continuous property. The mainly used theory in our paper is the monotonic limit theorem of BSDE and nonlinear decomposition theorem of Doob-Meyer's type developed by Peng S.G. [6]. With help of these useful theories, a RCLL modification of the value process can also be obtained by a new approach instead of down-crossing inequality.