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ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE PUISEUX EXPANSION OF THE DISCOUNTED REWARDS: A COUNTEREXAMPLE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

A. Hordijk
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9512, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
O. Passchier
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9512, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
F. M. Spieksma
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9512, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands

Abstract

This note presents an example indicating for denumerable Markov decision chains that nonexistence of the Laurent expansion of the α-discounted rewards in α = 1 implies also nonexistence of the Puiseux expansion.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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