Applied Dynamic Programming

by Richard E. Bellman, S. Dreyfus

This comprehensive study of dynamic programming applied to numerical solution of optimization problems. It will interest aerodynamic, control, and industrial engineers, numerical analysts, and computer specialists, applied mathematicians, economists, and operations and systems analysts.

Originally published in 1962.

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388 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1962

About the author

Richard Ernest Bellman was an American applied mathematician, celebrated for his invention of dynamic programming in 1953, and important contributions in other fields of mathematic