The central problem of the Calculus of Variations consists in finding a minimizer to given functional F, the latter being often of integral type. The birth of the Calculus of Variations dates back to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article is based on an idea proposed by C. W. Carroll for transforming a mathematical programming problem into a sequence of ...

This paper characterizes optimal service policies in terms of the frequency and timing of services which are intended to maintain a stock of assets. The model is non-stochastic. The results are ...