SWhat changed
A wide class of sequential optimization problems became expressible through reusable state recurrences.
Scientific scope
The 1957 monograph; later algorithms, reinforcement learning and applications are excluded.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. This is the 1957 monograph, not a claim that Bellman authored every later dynamic-programming algorithm or application.
Contributors
- Richard Bellman · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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