bert kappen qpkcdaosciencerunl would like announce following papers accepted publication linear theory control nonlinear stochastic systems hj kappen address role noise issue efficient computation stochastic optimal control problems consider class nonlinear control problems formulated path integral noise plays role temperature path integral displays symmetry breaking exist critical noise value separates regimes optimal control yields qualitatively different solutions path integral computed efficiently monte carlo integration laplace approximation therefore used solve high dimensional stochastic control problems appear physical review letters download wwwarxivorgphysics0411119 longer version paper path integrals symmetry breaking optimal control theory hj kappen appear journal statistical mechanics download wwwarxivorgphysics0505066 bert kappen snn radboud university nijmegen url wwwsnnkunnlbert netherlands tel 31 24 3614241 fax 31 24 3541435 qpkcdaosciencerunl wed 06 aug 2008 200751 0200 uai papers stochastic optimal control available