Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction to the 2010 Edition xv
4. Preface xix
5. CHAPTER I A Multi-Stage Allocation Process 1
6. CHAPTER II A Stochastic Multi-Stage Decision Process 61
7. CHAPTER III The Structure of Dynamic Programming Processes 81
8. CHAPTER IV Existence and Uniqueness Theorems 116
9. CHAPTER V The Optimal Inventory Equation 152
10. CHAPTER VI Bottleneck Problems in Multi-Stage Production Processes 183
11. CHAPTER VII Bottleneck Problems: Examples 207
12. CHAPTER VIII A Continuous Stochastic Decision Process 222
13. CHAPTER IX A New Formalism in the Calculus of Variations 245
14. CHAPTER X Multi-Stage Games 283
15. CHAPTER XI Markovian Decision Processes 317
16. Index of applications 338
17. Name and subject index 339