New Second-Order Schemes for Forward Backward Stochastic Differential Equations

Abstract

The Feynman-Kac formulas are used to develop new second-order numerical schemes for the forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDEs) of the first and second order. The methods are simple and allow an easy implementation. Numerous numerical tests for FBSDEs, fully nonlinear second-order parabolic partial differential equations and the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations show the stability and a high accuracy of the methods.