ASYMPTOTIC OPTIMALITY AND RATES OF CONVERGENCE OF QUANTIZED STATIONARY POLICIES IN CONTINUOUS-TIME MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES

Asymptotic Optimality and Rates of Convergence of Quantized Stationary Policies in Continuous-Time Markov Decision Processes

This paper is concerned with the asymptotic optimality of quantized stationary policies for continuous-time Markov decision processes (CTMDPs) in earrings Polish spaces with state-dependent discount factors, where the transition rates and reward rates are allowed to be unbounded.Using the dynamic programming approach, we first establish the discoun

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Continuing breastfeeding for at least two years after birth in rural Vietnam: prevalence and psychosocial characteristics

Abstract Background The World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding for at least two years (24 months or more) after birth.In Vietnam, 22% of women continue breastfeeding for at least two years.The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics of mother-baby dyads associated with breastfeeding for 2

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