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noun
An optimization method by which a problem having optimal substructure is recursively broken into simpler subproblems which are solved to produce the globally optimal solution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
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History
Coined by American mathematician Richard E. Bellman in the 1940s.
Across languages
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