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Nonlinear Programming Method for Dynamic Programming

Cai, Yongyang - 2013

the linear approach to dynamic programming by using ideas from approximation theory to avoid inefficient discretization …

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Optimal Dynamic R&D Programs

Grossman, Gene M. - 1985

We study the optimal pattern of outlays for a single firm pursuing an R&D program over time. In the deterministic case, (a) the amount of progress required to complete the project is known, and (b) the relationship between outlays and progress is known. In this case, it is optimal to increase...

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A Model of Stochastic Process Switching

Flood, Robert P. - 1981

In this paper we develop a rational expectations exchange rate model which is capable of confronting explicitly agents' beliefs about a future switch in exogenous driving processes. In our set-up the agents know with certainty both the initial exogenous process and the new process to be adopted...

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A Conic Algorithm for the Group Minimization Problem

Simeone, Bruno - 1976

A new algorithm for the group minimization problem (GP) is proposed. The algorithm can be broadly described as follows …-known algorithm of Glover, and checked for non-negativity. The first non-negative point is an optimal solution of (GP). Advantages and … disadvantages of the algorithm are discussed; in particular, the implementation of the algorithm (which can be easily extended so as …

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A Nonlinear Certainty Equivalent Approximation Method for Dynamic Stochastic Problems

Cai, Yongyang - 2015

This paper introduces a nonlinear certainty equivalent approximation method for dynamic stochastic problems. We first use a novel, stable and efficient method for computing the optimal policy functions for deterministic dynamic optimization problems, and then use them as certainty-equivalent...

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It's Fourth Down and What Does the Bellman Equation Say? A Dynamic Programming Analysis of Football Strategy

Romer, David - 2002

This paper uses play-by-play accounts of virtually all regular season National Football League games for 1998-2000 to analyze teams' choices on fourth down between trying for a first down and kicking. Dynamic programming is used to estimate the values of possessing the ball at different points...

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Dynamic Optimization in Two-Party Models

McKibbin, Warwick J. - 1987

problem we develop a numerical dynamic programming algorithm to solve for optimal policies of each party taking into account …

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Dynamic Programming on a Quantum Annealer : Solving the RBC Model

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Hull, Isaiah J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We introduce a novel approach to solving dynamic programming problems, such as those in many economic models, on a quantum annealer, a specialized device that performs combinatorial optimization. Quantum annealers attempt to solve an NP-hard problem by starting in a quantum superposition of all...

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Benchmarking Global Optimizers

Arnoud, Antoine - 2019

) Improved Stochastic Ranking Evolution Strategy (ISRES), (iii) Multi-Level Single-Linkage (MLSL) algorithm, (iv) Stochastic … versions of TikTak, which is a multistart global optimization algorithm used in some recent economic applications. For … completeness, we add three popular local algorithms to the comparison--the Nelder-Mead downhill simplex algorithm, the Derivative …

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A Simple but Powerful Simulated Certainty Equivalent Approximation Method for Dynamic Stochastic Problems

Cai, Yongyang; Judd, Kenneth L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We introduce a novel simulated certainty equivalent approximation (SCEQ) method for solving dynamic stochastic problems. Our examples show that this method only requires a desktop computer to solve high-dimensional finite- or infinite-horizon, stationary or nonstationary dynamic stochastic...

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