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Several Decision and State Variables

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Nonlinear and Dynamic Programming
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The basic idea underlying dynamic programming is that of decomposing an optimization problem into a series of stage problems each of which involves fewer variables than the total problem, and combining the parametric stage solutions to get the solution to the original problem.

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Danø, S. (1975). Several Decision and State Variables. In: Nonlinear and Dynamic Programming. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8394-6_7

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