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Publication date: 18 December 1998
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Stochastic programming (90C15) Dynamic programming (90C39) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to systems and control theory (93-02) Optimal stochastic control (93E20) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-02)
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