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Discrete event systems : sensitivity analysis and stochastic optimization by the score function method

Title
Discrete event systems : sensitivity analysis and stochastic optimization by the score function method / Reuven Y. Rubinstein, Alexander Shapiro.
Author
Rubinstein, Reuven Y.
Publication
Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1993.

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Additional Authors
Shapiro, Alexander.
Description
xv, 334 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
  • This volume centres upon the important areas of performance evaluation, sensitivity analysis and stochastic optimization of discrete event systems with applications to computer simulation models. It effectively highlights how the score function-likelihood ratio method allows one to evaluate not only the performance, but also to optimize from only a single sample path (simulation) complex discrete event systems, such as queueing networks.
  • A unified and rigorous treatment of the associated stochastic optimization problems is provided and recent advances in perturbation theory encompassed. Throughout the book emphasis is upon concepts rather than mathematical completeness with the advantage that the reader only requires a basic knowledge of probability, statistics and optimization.
  • . This book will be of great interest to students and researchers in operational research, management and industrial engineering, statistics and computer science.
Series Statement
Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics
Uniform Title
Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-332) and index.
Contents
1. Preliminaries -- 2. Sensitivity Analysis and Stochastic Optimization of Discrete Event Static Systems (DESS) -- 3. Sensitivity Analysis and Stochastic Optimization of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems (DEDS) -- 4. What is a "Good" Reference System to Simulate -- 5. Extensions of the SF Method -- 6. Statistical Inference of Stochastic Optimization Programs.
ISBN
0471934194
LCCN
92032372
OCLC
  • 26672340
  • ocm26672340
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries