@article{KYB_1996_32_1_a0,
author = {van Dijk, Nico M. and Hordijk, Arie},
title = {Time-discretization for controlled {Markov} processes. {I.} {General} approximation results},
journal = {Kybernetika},
pages = {1--16},
year = {1996},
volume = {32},
number = {1},
mrnumber = {1380195},
zbl = {0874.93094},
language = {en},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/KYB_1996_32_1_a0/}
}
van Dijk, Nico M.; Hordijk, Arie. Time-discretization for controlled Markov processes. I. General approximation results. Kybernetika, Tome 32 (1996) no. 1, pp. 1-16. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/KYB_1996_32_1_a0/
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