Handbook of Markov decision processes : methods and applications ; edited by Eugene A. Feinberg, Adam Shwartz

Other Authors: Feinberg, Eugene A., Shwartz, Adam,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2002
Series:International series in operations research and management science
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Machine generated contents note: Part I Finite State and Action Models
  • 2
  • Finite State and Action MDPs
  • Lodewijk Kallenberg
  • 3
  • Bias Optimality
  • Mark E. Lewis and Martin L. Puterman
  • 4
  • Singular Perturbations of Markov Chains and Decision Processes
  • Konstantin E. Avrachenkov, Jerzy Filar and Moshe Haviv
  • Part II Infinite State Models
  • 5
  • Average Reward Optimization Theory for Denumerable State Spaces
  • Linn I Sennott
  • 6
  • Total Reward Criteria
  • Eugene A. Feinberg
  • 7
  • Mixed Criteria
  • Eugene A. Feinberg and Adam Shwartz
  • 8
  • Blackwell Optimality
  • Arie Hordijk and Alexander A. Yushkevich
  • 9
  • The Poisson Equation for Countable Markov Chains:
  • Probabilistic Methods and Interpretations
  • Armand M. Makowski and Adam Shwartz
  • 10
  • Stability, Performance Evaluation, and Optimization
  • Sean P. Meyn
  • 11
  • Convex Analytic Methods in Markov Decision Processes
  • Vivek S. Borkar
  • 12
  • The Linear Programming Approach
  • Ondsimo Herndndez-Lerma and Jean B. Lasserre
  • 13
  • Invariant Gambling Problems and Markov Decision Processes
  • Lester E. Dubins, Ashok P. Maitra and William D. Sudderth
  • Part III Applications
  • 14
  • Neuro-Dynamic Programming: Overview and Recent Trends
  • Benjamin Van Roy
  • 15
  • Markov Decision Processes in Finance and Dynamic Options
  • Manfred Schil
  • 16
  • Applications of Markov Decision Processes in Communication
  • Networks
  • Eitan Altman
  • 17
  • Water Reservoir Applications of Markov Decision Processes
  • Bernard F. Lamond and Abdeslem Boukhtouta
  • Index.