Dynamic Programming

An introduction to the mathematical theory of multistage decision processes this text takes a functional equation approach to the discovery of optimum policies. Written by a leading developer of such policies it presents a series of methods uniqueness and existence theorems and examples for solving the relevant equations. The text examines existence and uniqueness theorems the optimal inventory equation bottleneck problems in multistage production processes a new formalism in the calculus of variation strategies behind multistage games and Markovian decision processes. Each chapter concludes with a problem set that Eric V. Denardo of Yale University in his informative new introduction calls a rich lode of applications and research topics. 1957 edition. 37 figures.