Sequences of decisions that occur under uncertainty arise in a variety of settings, including transportation, communication networks, finance, defence, etc. The classic approach to find an optimal decision policy for a sequential decision problem is dynamic programming; however its usefulness is...

Many larger grocery stores offer home delivery services. However, the delivery cost is usually high and such services are rarely profitable. One way of reducing cost is by outsourcing some orders to in-store customers for a compensation. While initially single orders were dynamically assigned to...