Programming theory is treated initially without any assumptions about the functions and with interpretation for production and activity analysis. By proof of a general theorem about optimal and ...

A Markovian decision model with general state space, compact action space, and the average cost as criterion is considered. The existence of an optimal policy is shown via an optimality inequality in ...

Diet models based on goal programming (GP) are valuable tools in designing diets that comply with nutritional, palatability and cost constraints. Results derived from GP models are usually very ...