A sparse-grid method for multi-dimensional backward stochastic differential equations

Guannan Zhang, Max Gunzburger, Weidong Zhao

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Abstract

A sparse-grid method for solving multi-dimensional backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs) based on a multi-step time discretization scheme [31] is presented. In the multi-dimensional spatial domain, i.e. the Brownian space, the conditional mathematical expectations derived from the original equation are approximated using sparse-grid Gauss-Hermite quadrature rule and (adaptive) hierarchical sparse-grid interpolation. Error estimates are proved for the proposed fully-discrete scheme for multi-dimensional BSDEs with certain types of simplified generator functions. Finally, several numerical examples are provided to illustrate the accuracy and efficiency of our scheme.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)221-248
Number of pages28
JournalJournal of Computational Mathematics
Volume31
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2013

Keywords

  • Adaptive hierarchical basis
  • Backward stochastic differential equations
  • Gauss-Hermite quadrature rule
  • Multi-step scheme
  • Sparse grids

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