## Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics

### SOME EXISTENCE THEOREMS FOR FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS AND SYSTEM OF FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS ARISING IN DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING

#### Abstract

In this paper we study the existence, uniqueness and iterative approximation of solutions for a few classes of functional equations arising in dynamic programming of multistage decision processes. By using of monotone iterative technique, we also establish the existence and iterative approximation of coincidence solutions for certain kinds of system of functional equations. The results presented in this paper extend, improve and unify the results due to Bhakta and Mitra [7], Chang [10] and Liu [12] and others.

#### Article information

Source
Taiwanese J. Math., Volume 14, Number 4 (2010), 1517-1536.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 18 July 2017

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1500405965

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.11650/twjm/1500405965

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2663929

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1215.49008

#### Citation

Liu, Zeqing; Ume, Jeong Sheok; Kang, Shin Min. SOME EXISTENCE THEOREMS FOR FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS AND SYSTEM OF FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS ARISING IN DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING. Taiwanese J. Math. 14 (2010), no. 4, 1517--1536. doi:10.11650/twjm/1500405965. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1500405965

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