Note--A Test for Nonoptimal Actions in Undiscounted Finite Markov Decision Chains

N. A. J. Hastings
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N. A. J. Hastings: University of Bradford

Management Science, 1976, vol. 23, issue 1, 87-92

Abstract: A test for nonoptimal actions in undiscounted Markov decision chains is proposed. The test eliminates actions for one or more stages after which they may re-enter the set of possibly optimal actions, but as convergence proceeds such re-entries cease.

Date: 1976
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