Re last Friday's lecture: Various numerical solution methods are available. For more information, you may have a look at this working paper and the references therein. Value function iteration is covered in sections 3.6 and (in more detail) 7.6. This reference is provided for information (i.e. not as curriculum).
Introductory meeting. Immediately before the first lecture Asbj?rn R?dseth will give a short introduction to the course. The meeting starts at 9:30 Friday 27 August in Auditorium 5 ES.