This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper presents a partitioning algorithm for recursively computing the steady state probabilities for a finite, irreducible Markov chain ...

We consider discounted Markov decision processes (MDPs) with countably-infinite state spaces, finite action spaces, and unbounded rewards. Typical examples of such MDPs are inventory management and ...

Monte Carlo methods and Markov Chain algorithms have long been central to computational science, forming the backbone of numerical simulation in a variety of disciplines. These techniques employ ...

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