in Euclidean spaces, with Fn(x, a ) and Gn(x) converging pointwise to functions F,(x,a) and G,(x), respectively, and give conditions for the limiting P O model Xt+l = F,(xt,at) + t t , Yt = G,(xt) + rlt to have an a-discount optimal policy. AMS Classification: 93320, 90C40.

Received Jul 18, 2007; Accepted Dec 7, 2007 Correspondence to: T. Nakao, Department of Health Policy and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, 1–1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan (e-mail: [email protected]) Earplug-Type Earphone with Built-in Microphone Improves Monosyl lable Intelligibil...

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data types; cf. Data encapsulation; Inheritance Administrative data processing; cf. Spreadsheet programs Algebraic specification dyn. model for OO modeling, formalization and integrat. Cheng, B.H.C., + , T-SE Aug 02 747-762 Application program interfaces config. mgt. policy prog. testbed. van der Hoek, A., + , T-SE Jan 02 79-99 dyn. real-time distributed systs. engng. Ravindran, B., T-SE Jan 02...

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Proof of Proposition 3.1: We prove the Proposition using sample-path coupling arguments. Consider two coupled systems both with the same initial conditions, and the same sequence of arrivals. System 1 operates under an arbitrary policy π ∈ Πp while System 2 operates under FSFp. For all t ≥ 0 and i = 1, 2, let Q(t), Y (t), and Ab(t) be the queue length at time t, the head-count at this time, and...

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