Hordijk, A.

policy state f ~ f decision hordijk laurent series expansion assumption optimality function dekker chain policy f vector i ~ e blackwell tableau simplex tableau solution reward element programming matrix series simplex theorem laurent action semi-markov markov interval process lemma system expansion polynomial j ~ c state i equation computation denumerable problem pointwise method existence blackwell optimality coefficient degree j ~ e proof pointwise continuity discount continuity order model numerator value service transition result variable i e e ~176 optimality equations laurent series probability simplex method analysis operator number h ~ f network field discount factor degree n i ~ c space time t denominator procedure theory