• DocumentCode
    3082216
  • Title

    A distributed asynchronous algorithm for expected average cost dynamic programming

  • Author

    Jalali, A. ; Ferguson, M.J.

  • Author_Institution
    INRS-Telecommun., Verdun, Que., Canada
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    5-7 Dec 1990
  • Firstpage
    1394
  • Abstract
    A distributed asynchronous implementation of the value-iteration algorithm in dynamic programming is presented. The iteration step is carried out by a number of processors, each iterating on a subset of the value function vector. Each processor transmits its computed coordinates to other processors. The algorithm converges when the different processors iterate at different speeds. The information received by a processor regarding other coordinates may be outdated, and there may be an unpredictable delay in receiving information from other processors
  • Keywords
    distributed processing; dynamic programming; iterative methods; statistical analysis; distributed asynchronous algorithm; expected average cost dynamic programming; value function vector; value-iteration algorithm; Business; Communication networks; Cost function; Delay; Dynamic programming; Heuristic algorithms; Iterative algorithms; Out of order;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Decision and Control, 1990., Proceedings of the 29th IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CDC.1990.203839
  • Filename
    203839