Stochastic maximum principle for optimal control problem of non exchangeable mean field systems

Abstract: We study the Pontryagin maximum principle by deriving necessary and sufficient conditions for a class of optimal control problems arising in non exchangeable mean field systems, where agents interact through heterogeneous and asymmetric couplings. Our analysis leads to a collection of forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDE) of non exchangeable mean field type. Under suitable assumptions, we establish the solvability of this system. As an illustration, we consider the linear-quadratic case, where the optimal control is characterized by an infinite dimensional system of Riccati equations.