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The control of a finite dam with penalty cost function: Markov input rate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

F. A. Attia*
Affiliation:
Kuwait University
*
Postal address: Department of Mathematics, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 5969, Kuwait.

Abstract

The long-run average cost per unit time of operating a finite dam controlled by a policy (Lam Yeh (1985)) is determined when the cumulative input process is the integral of a Markov chain. A penalty cost which accrues continuously at a rate g(X(t)), where g is a bounded measurable function of the content, is also introduced. An example where the input rate is a two-state Markov chain is considered in detail to illustrate the computations.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1987 

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Footnotes

Research supported by Kuwait University Research Grant No. SM 030.

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