Dynamic Programming Models and Applications

Designed both for those who seek an acquaintance with dynamic programming and for those wishing to become experts, this text is accessible to anyone who's taken a course in operations research. It starts with a basic introduction to sequential decision processes and proceeds to the use of dynamic programming in studying models of resource allocation. Subsequent topics include methods for approximating solutions of control problems in continuous time, production control, decision-making in the face of an uncertain future, and inventory control models. The final chapter introduces sequential decision processes that lack fixed planning horizons, and the supplementary chapters treat data structures and the basic properties of convex functions. 1982 ed. Preface to the Dover Edition. Bibliography. Index.Denardo, Eric V. is the author of 'Dynamic Programming Models and Applications', published 2003 under ISBN 9780486428109 and ISBN 0486428109.