Introduction. SCIENCE: Fundamentals. Multistage Decision Model. Dynamic Programming- An Outline. Solution Methods. Successive Approximation Methods. Optimal Policies. The Curse of Dimensionality. The Rest Is Mathematics and Experience. ART: Refinements. The State. Parametric Schemes. The Principle of Optimality. Forward Decomposition. Push!. EPILOGUE: What Then Is Dynamic Programming?. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.