Dynamic Programming /

This classic book is an introduction to dynamic programming, presented by the scientist who coined the term and developed the theory in its early stages. In Dynamic Programming, Richard E. Bellman introduces his groundbreaking theory and furnishes a new and versatile mathematical tool for the treatm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bellman, Richard, 1920-1984 (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Series:Princeton landmarks in mathematics and physics ; 33
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction to the 2010 Edition
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER I A Multi-Stage Allocation Process
  • CHAPTER II A Stochastic Multi-Stage Decision Process
  • CHAPTER III The Structure of Dynamic Programming Processes
  • CHAPTER IV Existence and Uniqueness Theorems
  • CHAPTER V The Optimal Inventory Equation
  • CHAPTER VI Bottleneck Problems in Multi-Stage Production Processes
  • CHAPTER VII Bottleneck Problems: Examples
  • CHAPTER VIII A Continuous Stochastic Decision Process
  • CHAPTER IX A New Formalism in the Calculus of Variations
  • CHAPTER X Multi-Stage Games
  • CHAPTER XI Markovian Decision Processes
  • Index of applications
  • Name and subject index