SEMI-MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES WITH INCOMPLETE STATE OBSERVATION : AVERAGE COST CRITERION
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0453-4514,2188-8299
DOI: 10.15807/jorsj.24.95