For background, this is the scenario explored in the early 1950s by Richard Bellman, who developed dynamic programming to solve optimal control and Markov decision process problems.

This problem is equivalent to the lower bound problem derived by Dobson [Dobson G (1992) The cyclic lot scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setups. Oper. Res. 40:736–749] and reduces to the ...

Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control is offered within DMAVT and attracts in excess of 300 students per year from a wide variety of disciplines. It is an integral part of the Robotics, System and ...