DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING AND A NEW FORMALISM IN THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS I,

Abstract

Various problems in the calculus of variations are considered as continuous decision processes. It is shown that the methods of the theory of dynamic programming may be utilized to yield functional equations of a new type and successive approximations of monotone type to the solutions. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 15, 1954
Accession Number
AD0604613

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Bellman

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calculus
  • Calculus Of Variations
  • Computer Programming
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Equations
  • Mathematics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Operations Research