International Journal of Stochastic Analysis

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Volume 12 |Article ID 924375 | 10 pages | https://doi.org/10.1155/S1048953399000155

Exact solution of the Bellman equation for a β-discounted reward in a two-armed bandit with switching arms

Doncho S. Donchev1

1Higher Institute of Food and Flavor Industries, 26, Maritza str., Plovdiv 4002, Bulgaria

Received01 May 1998
Revised01 Oct 1998

Abstract

We consider the symmetric Poissonian two-armed bandit problem. For the case of switching arms, only one of which creates reward, we solve explicitly the Bellman equation for a β-discounted reward and prove that a myopic policy is optimal.

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