ON COMMUNICATION PROCESSES INVOLVING LEARNING AND RANDOM DURATION

Abstract

The fundamental problem of determining the utility of a communication channel in conveying information is viewed as a problem within the framework of multistage decision processes of stochastic type, and as such is treated by the theory of dynamic programming. The relations between utility and capacity, in Shannon's sense, are indicated. Treatment of communication problems involving the use of a channel whose properties are not completely known, and those involving processes of random duration, are shown. Treatments of general processes in a uniform fashion by the functional equation technique of dynamic programming are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 08, 1957
Accession Number
AD0604514

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Bellman
  • Robert E. Kalaba

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Channels
  • Computer Programming
  • Detection
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Equations
  • Hard Copy
  • Hierarchies
  • Learning
  • Microfiche
  • Observers

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  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Radio communications and signal processing.