Viscosity Solutions of Stochastic Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman Equations with Jumps

Abstract

This paper studies the stochastic optimal control of jump-diffusion processes and the associated fully nonlinear backward stochastic Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman (BSHJB) equations. We establish the dynamic programming principle (DPP) via backward semigroups to characterize the value function. To handle non-local integro-differential operators and polynomial growth, we introduce a stochastic viscosity solution framework based on semimartingale test functions and global tangency conditions. Existence is proved using the measurable selection theorem and the generalized Itô--Kunita formula. Finally, under a super-parabolicity condition, we establish a weak comparison principle and prove global uniqueness via localized bounding envelopes and backward induction.