Markov-Renewal Programming. I: Formulation, Finite Return Models

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DOI10.1287/opre.11.6.938zbMath0126.15905OpenAlexW2139301602MaRDI QIDQ5332971

William S. Jewell

Publication date: 1963

Published in: Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.11.6.938



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