@Article{AAM-35-449, author = {Zhang , Wenzhao and Xiong , Xianzhu}, title = {Convergence of Controlled Models for Continuous-Time Markov Decision Processes with Constrained Average Criteria}, journal = {Annals of Applied Mathematics}, year = {2020}, volume = {35}, number = {4}, pages = {449--464}, abstract = {
This paper attempts to study the convergence of optimal values and optimal policies of continuous-time Markov decision processes (CTMDP for short) under the constrained average criteria. For a given original model $\mathcal{M}$$∞$ of CTMDP with denumerable states and a sequence {$\mathcal{M}$$n$} of CTMDP with finite states, we give a new convergence condition to ensure that the optimal values and optimal policies of {$\mathcal{M}$$n$} converge to the optimal value and optimal policy of $\mathcal{M}$$∞$ as the state space $S$$n$ of $\mathcal{M}$$n$ converges to the state space $S$$∞$ of $\mathcal{M}$$∞$, respectively. The transition rates and cost/reward functions of $\mathcal{M}$$∞$ are allowed to be unbounded. Our approach can be viewed as a combination method of linear program and Lagrange multipliers.
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