Author : Xianping Guo
Release : 2009-09-18
Genre : Mathematics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 471/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Continuous-Time Markov Decision Processes by : Xianping Guo
Download or read book Continuous-Time Markov Decision Processes written by Xianping Guo. This book was released on 2009-09-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuous-time Markov decision processes (MDPs), also known as controlled Markov chains, are used for modeling decision-making problems that arise in operations research (for instance, inventory, manufacturing, and queueing systems), computer science, communications engineering, control of populations (such as fisheries and epidemics), and management science, among many other fields. This volume provides a unified, systematic, self-contained presentation of recent developments on the theory and applications of continuous-time MDPs. The MDPs in this volume include most of the cases that arise in applications, because they allow unbounded transition and reward/cost rates. Much of the material appears for the first time in book form.