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Applied Dynamic Programming

By Richard Ernest Bellman

Book information

Publisher
Princeton Univ Pr
Year
1962
ISBN
9780691079134, 0691079137
ASIN
B0006AX9G6
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3159181 bytes)
Edition
First
Pages
387\387
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

In the period following World War II, it began to be recognized that there were a large number of interesting and significant activities which could be classified as multistage decision processes. It was soon seen that the mathematical problems that arose in their study stretched the conventional confines of analysis, and required new methods for their successful treatment. The classical techniques of calculus and the calculus of variations were occasionally valuable and useful in these new areas, but were clearly limited in range and versatility, and were definitely lacking as far as furnishing numerical answers was concerned.The recognition of these facts led to the creation of a number of novel mathematical theories and methods. Among these was the theory of dynamic programming, a new approach based on the use of functional equations and the principle of optimality, with one eye on the potentialities of the burgeoning field of digital computers.

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