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Stochastic control
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<p>Stochastic control or stochastic <a href="/facts/Optimal_control/9SmcQHjJ">optimal control</a> is a sub field of <a href="/facts/Control_theory/aIuERpn6">control theory</a> that deals with the existence of uncertainty either in observations or in the noise that drives the evolution of the system. The system designer assumes, in a <a href="/facts/Bayesian_probability/Cvn7WWfG">Bayesian probability</a>-driven fashion, that random noise with known <a href="/facts/Probability_distribution/EpsKKVRu">probability distribution</a> affects the evolution and observation of the state variables. Stochastic control aims to design the time path of the controlled variables that performs the desired control task with minimum cost, somehow defined, despite the presence of this noise. The context may be either <a href="/facts/Discrete_time/RR8wpS9e">discrete time</a> or <a href="/facts/Continuous_time/RR8wpS9e">continuous time</a>. </p>