We construct a stochastic dynamic programming model as the basis of an empirical framework within which to examine the effects of different sequences of work and rest on the daily productivity of workers who planted trees in the province of British Columbia, Canada, comparing the intertemporal...

In many dynamic programming problems, a mix of state variables exists - some exhibiting stochastic cycles and others having deterministic cycles. We derive a formula for the value function in infinite-horizon, stationary, Markovian decision problems by exploiting a special partitioned-circulant...