MONOTONE CONVERGENCE IN DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING AND THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS

Abstract

In the present paper we show that the method of 'approximation in policy space,' developed in the theory of dynamic programming, yields monotone convergence in the calculus of variations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 03, 1954
Accession Number
AD0604318

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Bellman

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Convergence
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Equations
  • Intervals
  • Mathematics
  • Sequences

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Linear Algebra

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  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers