id: 01136540 dt: j an: 01136540 au: Piunovskij, A.B. ti: Optimal control of stochastic sequences with constraints. so: Stochastic Anal. Appl. 15, No.2, 231-254 (1997). py: 1997 pu: Taylor \& Francis, Philadelphia, PA la: EN cc: ut: discrete time; optimal control; inequality constraints ci: li: doi:10.1080/07362999708809473 ab: An optimal control problem is considered for random sequences where there are inequality constraints. Necessary and sufficient optimality conditions are given together with an algorithm to construct the control policy that is optimal. A couple of examples are given in which the optimal solutions are found in closed form. rv: E.Yaz (Fayetteville)