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<p>Dynamic programming (DP) is a widely used optimization method with several applications in various fields of science. The DP problem solving process can be divided in two phases: mathematical part and programming part. There are a number of researchers for whom the mathematical part is available, but they are not familiar with computer programming. In this paper we present a software tool that automates the programming part of DP and allows users to solve problems based only on their mathematical approach. The application builds up the “d-graph model” of the problem to be solved and applies the “d-variant” of the corresponding single source shortest path algorithm. In addition, we report experimental results regarding the e ciency of the tool relative to the Matlab implementation.</p>
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Dynamic programming (DP) is a widely used optimization method with several applications in various fields of science. The DP problem solving process can be divided in two phases: mathematical part and programming part. There are a number of researchers for whom the mathematical part is available, but they are not familiar with computer programming. In this paper we present a software tool that automates the programming part of DP and allows users to solve problems based only on their mathematical approach. The application builds up the “d-graph model” of the problem to be solved and applies the “d-variant” of the corresponding single source shortest path algorithm. In addition, we report experimental results regarding the e ciency of the tool relative to the Matlab implementation.

DP-solver: automating dynamic programming

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Department of Mathematics and Informatics Tirgu Mures

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Informatica

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Dynamic programming (DP) is a widely used optimization method with several applications in various fields of science. The DP problem solving process can be...

DP-solver: automating dynamic programming

Published Online: Feb 02, 2022

Page range: 361 - 372

Received: Dec 10, 2021

Accepted: Dec 26, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausi-2021-0017

© 2021 Zoltan Katai et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.