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A remark on control of partially observed Markov chains

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A new state variable is introduced for the problem of controlling a Markov chain under partial observations, which, under a suitably altered probability measure, has a simple evolution.

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Borkar, V.S. A remark on control of partially observed Markov chains. Ann Oper Res 29, 429–438 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02283609

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