# Approximate Dynamic Programming by Warren B. Powell

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**Created:** [August 1, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/approximate-dynamic-programming-by-warren-b-powell/9974 "2025-08-01T13:13:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![aledinola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@aledinola](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/aledinola)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/approximate-dynamic-programming-by-warren-b-powell/9974/1 "2025-08-01T13:13:07Z")

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I recently came across an excellent book on approximate dynamic programming by W. Powell. It’s truly a gold mine of computational algorithms for difficult dynamic programming problems.

However, I was wondering if there’s any sample code available online that illustrates the algorithms discussed in the book—ideally in Fortran. I checked the publisher’s website but couldn’t find any supporting material. Without accompanying code, the book feels a bit “dry” to work through.

Any suggestions on where to find relevant code would be greatly appreciated!

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**Author:** ![urbanjost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/0ea827/32.png) [@urbanjost](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/urbanjost)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/approximate-dynamic-programming-by-warren-b-powell/9974/2 "2025-08-01T16:27:15Z")

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Not in Fortran (MATLAB, R, …) but this might be of interest

[https://waxworksmath.com/Authors/N\_Z/Powell/powell.html](https://waxworksmath.com/Authors/N_Z/Powell/powell.html)

as he does include a tar file with code

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**Author:** ![aledinola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@aledinola](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/aledinola)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/approximate-dynamic-programming-by-warren-b-powell/9974/3 "2025-08-01T16:39:58Z")

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Thanks! The author has a pdf document with solution of several exercises and accompanying code in Python.