An introduction to the mathematical theory of multistage decision processes, this text takes a ``functional equation`` approach to the discovery of optimum policies.
The text examines existence and uniqueness theorems, the optimal inventory equation, bottleneck problems in multistage production processes, a new formalism in the calc.
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.
An introduction to the mathematical theory of multistage decision processes, this text takes a ``functional equation`` approach to the discovery of optimum policies