In <steipe-1805951455190001 at inherit.lmb.uni-muenchen.de> steipe at lmb.uni-muenchen.de (Boris Steipe) writes:
>Why is the dynamical programming algorithm called "dynamical" ?
>Is this opposed to some concept of "static" programming and if yes how ?
>Who coined the term ?
>When was it first used ?
This is the earliest ref that I have:
%A R. E. Bellman
%T Dynamic Programming.
%I Princeton University Press.
%D 1957.
%K DPA, dynamic programming algorithm, text, book.
Lloyd ALLISON
Dept. of Computer Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, AUSTRALIA
tel: 61 3 905 5205 fax: 61 3 905 5146 email: lloyd at cs.monash.edu.au
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