We consider finite horizon Markov decision processes under performance measures that involve both the mean and the variance of the cumulative reward. We show that either randomiz...
Typical methods in CRM marketing include action selection on the basis of Markov Decision Processes with fixed transition probabilities on the one hand, and scoring customers separ...
. Direct approaches, which involve asking patients various abstract questions, have significant drawbacks. We propose a new approach that infers patient preferences based on observ...
Zeynep Erkin, Matthew D. Bailey, Lisa M. Maillart,...