In article <steipe-1805951455190001 at inherit.lmb.uni-muenchen.de>, steipe at lmb.uni-muenchen.de (Boris Steipe) writes:
>Something of a historical question:
>>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 ?
Dynamic programming in based on the principle of optimality which is
that each sub-solution to an optimal solution (of an optimisation
problem) is itself optimal.
It's called "dynamic" because the method was first used in dynamic
systems (evolving with time).
The theory was developped by R. Bellman (1957), but was implicit in
the work of Fermat (principles of optic).
>>Thanks for your wisdom,
>>--
>Boris <steipe at lmb.uni-muenchen.de>
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