- Robust Merton Problem with Time Varying Nondominated Priors Kerem Ugurlu (keremugurlugmail.com) Abstract: We give explicit solutions for utility optimization problems in the presence of Knightian uncertainty in continuous time with nondominated priors and finite time horizon in a diffusion model. We assume that the uncertainty set is compact and time dependent on $[0,T]$. We solve the robust optimization problem explicitly both when the investor's utility is of CRRA and of CARA type and give an $\alpha$-maximin type expected type utility variation to the robust problem. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work in deriving explicit solutions in continuous time with time varying uncertainty sets in a nondominated prior setting. Keywords: Knightian uncertainty; Robust optimization Category 1: Applications -- OR and Management Sciences (Finance and Economics ) Citation: Download: [PDF]Entry Submitted: 06/03/2017Entry Accepted: 06/04/2017Entry Last Modified: 08/07/2018Modify/Update this entry Visitors Authors More about us Links Subscribe, Unsubscribe Digest Archive Search, Browse the Repository Submit Update Policies Coordinator's Board Classification Scheme Credits Give us feedback Optimization Journals, Sites, Societies Optimization Online is supported by the Mathematical Optmization Society.