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1 EE365: Risk Averse Control Risk averse optimization Exponential risk aversion Risk averse control 1
2 Outline Risk averse optimization Exponential risk aversion Risk averse control Risk averse optimization 2
3 Risk measures I suppose f is a random variable we'd like to be small (i.e., an objective or cost) I E f gives average or mean value I many ways to quantify risk (of a large value of f ) I Prob(f f bad ) I E(f f bad )+ (value-at-risk, VAR) (conditional value-at-risk, CVAR) I var f = E(f E f ) 2 (variance) I E(f E f ) 2 + (downside variance) I E (f ), where is increasing and convex (when large f is good: expected utility E U (f ) with increasing concave utility function U ) I risk aversion: we want E f small and low risk Risk averse optimization 3
4 Risk averse optimization I now suppose random cost f (x ;!) is a function of a decision variable x and a random variable! I dierent choices of x lead to dierent values of mean cost E f (x ;!) and risk R(f (x ;!)) I there is typically a trade-o between minimizing mean cost and risk I standard approach: minimize E f (x ;!) + R(f (x ;!)) I E f (x ;!) + R(f (x ;!)) is the risk-adjusted mean cost I > 0 is called the risk aversion parameter I varying over (0;1) gives trade-o of mean cost and risk I mean-variance optimization: choose x to minimize E f (x ;!) + var f (x ;!) Risk averse optimization 4
5 Example: Stochastic shortest path I nd path in directed graph from vertex A to vertex B I edge weights are independent random variables with known distributions I commit to path beforehand, with no knowledge of weight values I path length L is random variable I minimize E L + var L, with 0 I for xed, reduces to deterministic shortest path problem with edge weights E w e + var w e Risk averse optimization 5
6 Stochastic shortest path (7, 40) 2 (9, 35) 4 (8, 125) 6 (6, 200) 1 (5, 22) (7, 23) (1, 5) (6, 12) (4, 9) (8, 8) 8 (14, 3) 3 (8, 2) 5 (11, 8) 7 (7, 12) I nd path from vertex A = 1 to vertex B = 8 I edge weights are lognormally distributed I edges labeled with mean and variance: (E we ; var w e ) Risk averse optimization 6
7 Stochastic shortest path = 0: E L = 30, var L = 400 (7, 40) 2 (9, 35) 4 (8, 125) 6 (6, 200) 1 (5, 22) (7, 23) (1, 5) (6, 12) (4, 9) (8, 8) 8 (14, 3) 3 (8, 2) 5 (11, 8) 7 (7, 12) Risk averse optimization 7
8 Stochastic shortest path = 0:05: E L = 35, var L = 100 (7, 40) 2 (9, 35) 4 (8, 125) 6 (6, 200) 1 (5, 22) (7, 23) (1, 5) (6, 12) (4, 9) (8, 8) 8 (14, 3) 3 (8, 2) 5 (11, 8) 7 (7, 12) Risk averse optimization 7
9 Stochastic shortest path = 10: E L = 40, var L = 25 (7, 40) 2 (9, 35) 4 (8, 125) 6 (6, 200) 1 (5, 22) (7, 23) (1, 5) (6, 12) (4, 9) (8, 8) 8 (14, 3) 3 (8, 2) 5 (11, 8) 7 (7, 12) Risk averse optimization 7
10 Stochastic shortest path trade-o curve: = 0, = 0:05, = 10 Risk averse optimization 8
11 Stochastic shortest path distribution of L: = 0, = 0:05, = 10 Risk averse optimization 9
12 Example: Mean-variance (Markowitz) portfolio optimization I choose portfolio x 2 R n I xi is amount of asset i held (short position when x i < 0) I (random) asset return r 2 R n E (r )(r ) T = has known mean E r =, covariance I portfolio return is (random variable) R = r T x I mean return is E R = T x I return variance is var R = x T x I maximize E R var R = T x x T x, `risk adjusted (mean) return' I > 0 is risk aversion parameter Risk averse optimization 10
13 Example: Mean-variance (Markowitz) portfolio optimization I can add constraints such as I 1 T x = 1 (budget constraint) I x 0 (long positions only) I can be solved as a (convex) quadratic program (QP) maximize T x x T x subject to 1 T x = 1; x 0 (or analytically without long-only constraint) I varying gives trade-o of mean return and risk Risk averse optimization 11
14 Example: Mean-variance (Markowitz) portfolio optimization numerical example: n = 30, r N (; ) trade-o curve: = 10 2, = 10 1, = 1 Risk averse optimization 12
15 Example: Mean-variance (Markowitz) portfolio optimization numerical example: n = 30, r N (; ) distribution of portfolio return: = 10 2, = 10 1, = 1 Risk averse optimization 13
16 Outline Risk averse optimization Exponential risk aversion Risk averse control Exponential risk aversion 14
17 Exponential risk aversion I suppose f is a random variable I exponential risk measure, with parameter > 0, is given by R (f ) = 1 log (E exp(f )) (R (f ) = 1 if f is heavy-tailed) I exp(f ) term emphasizes large values of f I R (f ) is (up to a factor of ) the cumulant generating function of f I we have R (f ) = E f + (=2) var f + o() I so minimizing exponential risk is (approximately) mean-variance optimization, with risk aversion parameter =2 Exponential risk aversion 15
18 Exponential risk expansion I use exp u = 1 + u + u 2 =2 + to write E exp(f ) = 1 + E f + ( 2 =2) E f 2 + I use log(1 + u) = u u 2 =2 + to write log E exp(f ) = E f + ( 2 =2) E f 2 (1=2) E f + ( 2 =2) 2 + I expand square, drop 3 and higher order terms to get log E exp(f ) = E f + ( 2 =2) E f 2 ( 2 =2)(E f ) 2 + I divide by to get R (f ) = E f + (=2) var f + o() Exponential risk aversion 16
19 Properties I R (f ) = E f + (=2) var f for f normal I R (a + f ) = a + R (f ) for deterministic a I R (f ) can be thought of as a variance adjusted mean, but in fact it's probably closer to what you really want (e.g., it penalizes deviations above the mean more than deviations below) I monotonicity: if f g, then R(f ) R (g) I can extend idea to conditional expectation: R (f j g) = 1 log E(exp(f ) j g) Exponential risk aversion 17
20 Value at risk bound I exponential risk gives an upper bound on VaR (value at risk) I indicator function of f f bad is I bad (f ) = I E I bad (f ) = Prob(f f bad ) I for > 0, exp (f f bad ) I bad (f ) (for all f ) I so E exp (f f bad ) E I bad (f ) 0 f < f bad 1 f f bad I hence Prob(f f bad ) exp (R (f ) f bad ) Exponential risk aversion 18
21 Outline Risk averse optimization Exponential risk aversion Risk averse control Risk averse control 19
22 Risk averse stochastic control I dynamics: xt+1 = f t (x t ; u t ; w t ), with x 0; w 0; w 1; : : : independent I state feedback policy: ut = t (x t ), t = 0; : : : ; T 1 I risk averse objective: X J = 1 log E exp T 1 t=0 g t (x t ; u t ) + g T (x T )! I gt is stage cost; g T is terminal cost I > 0 is risk aversion parameter I risk averse stochastic control problem: nd policy = ( 0; : : : ; T 1) that minimizes J Risk averse control 20
23 Interpretation I total cost is random variable C = T 1 X t=0 g t (x t ; u t ) + g T (x T ) I standard stochastic control minimizes E C I risk averse control minimizes R(C ) I risk averse policy yields larger expected total cost than standard policy, but smaller risk Risk averse control 21
24 Risk averse value function I we are to minimize J = R T 1 X g t (x t ; u t ) + g T (x T )! t=0 over policies = ( 0; : : : ; T 1) I dene value function V t (x ) = min R t ;:::; T 1 T 1 X =t g (x ; u ) + g T (x T )! xt = x I VT (x ) = g T (x ) I could minimize over input ut, policies t+1; : : : ; T 1 I same as usual value function, but replace E with R Risk averse control 22
25 Risk averse dynamic programming I optimal policy? is? t (x ) 2 argmin (g t (x ; u) + R V t+1(f t (x ; u; w t ))) u where expectation in R is over w t I (backward) recursion for Vt : V t (x ) = min (g t (x ; u) + R V t+1(f t (x ; u; w t ))) u I same as usual DP, but replace E with R (both over w t ) Risk averse control 23
26 Multiplicative version I precompute ht (x ; u) = exp g t (x ; u) I instead of Vt, change variables W t (x ) = exp V t (x ) I DP recursion is I optimal policy is W t (x ) = min u? t (x ) 2 argmin u h t (x ; u) E W t+1(f t (x ; u; w t )) h t (x ; u) E W t+1(f t (x ; u; w t )) Risk averse control 24
27 Example: Optimal purchase I must buy an item in one of T = 4 time periods I prices are IID with pt 2 f1; : : : ; 10g, Prob(p t = p) / 0:95 p I in each time period, the price is revealed and you choose to buy or wait I once you've bought the item, your only option is to wait I in the last period, you must buy the item if you haven't already Risk averse control 25
28 Example: Optimal purchase optimal policy: wait, buy Risk averse control 26
29 Example: Optimal purchase purchase if price is below threshold:! 0, = 1, = 2 Risk averse control 27
30 Example: Optimal purchase trade-o curve:! 0, = 1, = 2 Risk averse control 28
31 Example: Optimal purchase distribution of purchase price:! 0, = 1, = 2 Risk averse control 29
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