Stochastic processes under parameter uncertainty

Abstract

In this paper we study a family of nonlinear (conditional) expectations that can be understood as a stochastic process with uncertain parameters. We develop a general framework which can be seen as a version of the martingale problem method of Stroock and Varadhan with parameter uncertainty. To illustrate our methodology, we explain how it can be used to model nonlinear Lévy processes in the sense of Neufeld and Nutz, and we introduce the new class of stochastic partial differential equations under parameter uncertainty. Moreover, we study properties of the nonlinear expectations. We prove the dynamic programming principle, i.e., the tower property, and we establish conditions for the (strong) USCb–Feller property and a strong Markov selection principle.