Variance-Constrained Multi-Objective Stochastic Control and Filtering

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express their deep appreciation to those who have been directly involved in various aspects of the research leading to this book. Special thanks go to Professor James Lam from the University of Hong Kong and Professor Xiaohui Liu from Brunel University of the United Kingdom for their valuable suggestions, constructive comments, and support. We also extend our thanks to many colleagues who have offered support and encouragement throughout this research effort. In particular, we would like to acknowledge the contributions from Derui Ding, Hongli Dong, Xiao He, Jun Hu, Liang Hu, Xiu Kan, Zhenna Li, Jinling Liang, Qinyuan Liu,Yang Liu, Yurong Liu, Bo Shen, Guoliang Wei, Nianyin Zeng, Sunjie Zhang, and Lei Zou. Finally, the authors are especially grateful to their families for their encouragement and never-ending support when it was most required.

The writing of this book was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants 61304010, 61273156, 61134009, 61004067, and 61104125, the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province under Grant BK20130766, the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China under Grant 2014M551598, the International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program from China Postdoctoral Council, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of the UK, the Royal Society of the UK, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany. The support of these organizations is gratefully ...