FUNCTIONAL APPROXIMATIONS AND DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING

Abstract

This paper indicates some ways in which the theory of approximation can be used to increase the range of present day computers. Although the primary interest is in applying these techniques to the functional equations occurring in the theory of dynamic programming. These same methods are applicable, and even more readily, to the classical functional equations of mathematical physics. The objective of the paper is to trade additional computing time, which is expensive, for additional memory capacity, which does not exist.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 28, 1959
Accession Number
AD0606538

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Bellman
  • Stuart Dreyfus

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Calculus Of Variations
  • Coefficients
  • Commerce
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Equations
  • Intervals
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Polynomials
  • Sequences
  • Small Business

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Software Engineering