Markov decision processes with their applications

DOI10.1007/978-0-387-36951-8zbMath1190.90261MaRDI QIDQ2465202

Publication date: 8 January 2008

Published in: Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36951-8

zbMATH Keywords

optimal control; stochastic environments; discounted total reward criterion; discrete-time MDPs model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90B25: Reliability, availability, maintenance, inspection in operations research

90C39: Dynamic programming

93C65: Discrete event control/observation systems

90C40: Markov and semi-Markov decision processes

91B26: Auctions, bargaining, bidding and selling, and other market models

90-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming

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