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Constrained Discounted Markov Decision Chains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2009

Linn I. Sennott
Linn I. Sennott
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Department of StatisticsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, Illinois 61820
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Abstract

A Markov decision chain with countable state space incurs two types of costs: an operating cost and a holding cost. The objective is to minimize the expected discounted operating cost, subject to a constraint on the expected discounted holding cost. The existence of an optimal randomized simple policy is proved. This is a policy that randomizes between two stationary policies, that differ in at most one state. Several examples from the control of discrete time queueing systems are discussed.

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Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 463 - 475
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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