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Modern Trends in Controlled Stochastic Processes:

Theory and Applications, V.III

  • Presents the proceedings of the International Workshop "Modern Trends in Controlled Stochastic Processes: Theory and Applications" to be held in Liverpool in 2021
  • Consists of three sections fundamental theory of controlled stochastic processes (discrete and continuous time, multiple-objective optimization, finite and infinite time horizon, stochastic games, etc.), numerical methods for optimization (discretization, linear programming, approximations, swarm intelligence, evolutionary algorithms, etc.), and applications (queues, epidemiology, information transmission, medicine, inventory, water resources, chaos control, swarm robot control, etc.)

Part of the book series: Emergence, Complexity and Computation (ECC, volume 41)

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Table of contents (18 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Average Cost Markov Decision Processes with Semi-Uniform Feller Transition Probabilities

    • Eugene A. Feinberg, Pavlo O. Kasyanov, Michael Z. Zgurovsky
    Pages 1-18
  3. Optimal Stopping Problems for a Family of Continuous-Time Markov Processes

    • Héctor Jasso-Fuentes, Jose-Luis Menaldi, Fidel Vásquez-Rojas
    Pages 57-86
  4. Control of Continuous-Time Markov Jump Linear Systems with Partial Information

    • André Marcorin de Oliveira, Oswaldo Luiz do Valle Costa
    Pages 87-107
  5. Q-Learning for Distributionally Robust Markov Decision Processes

    • Nicole Bäuerle, Alexander Glauner
    Pages 108-128
  6. Estimation of Equilibria in an Advertising Game with Unknown Distribution of the Response to Advertising Efforts

    • Alan D. Robles-Aguilar, David González-Sánchez, J. Adolfo Minjárez-Sosa
    Pages 148-165
  7. Robustness to Approximations and Model Learning in MDPs and POMDPs

    • Ali Devran Kara, Serdar Yüksel
    Pages 166-191
  8. Full Gradient DQN Reinforcement Learning: A Provably Convergent Scheme

    • Konstantin E. Avrachenkov, Vivek S. Borkar, Hars P. Dolhare, Kishor Patil
    Pages 192-220
  9. Locks, Bombs and Testing: The Case of Independent Locks

    • Li Liu, Isaac M. Sonin
    Pages 248-265
  10. A Survey of Stability Results for Redundancy Systems

    • Elene Anton, Urtzi Ayesta, Matthieu Jonckheere, Ina Maria Verloop
    Pages 266-283
  11. Swarm Intelligence and Swarm Robotics in the Path Planning Problem

    • Quoc Bao Diep, Thanh Cong Truong, Ivan Zelinka
    Pages 313-327
  12. Utilizing Differential Evolution into Optimizing Targeted Cancer Treatments

    • Michail-Antisthenis Tsompanas, Larry Bull, Andrew Adamatzky, Igor Balaz
    Pages 328-340
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 355-356

About this book

This book presents state-of-the-art solution methods and applications of stochastic optimal control. It is a collection of extended papers discussed at the traditional Liverpool workshop on controlled stochastic processes with participants from both the east and the west. New problems are formulated, and progresses of ongoing research are reported.

Topics covered in this book include theoretical results and numerical methods for Markov and semi-Markov decision processes, optimal stopping of Markov processes, stochastic games, problems with partial information, optimal filtering, robust control, Q-learning, and self-organizing algorithms. Real-life case studies and applications, e.g., queueing systems, forest management, control of water resources, marketing science, and healthcare, are presented.

 

Scientific researchers and postgraduate students interested in stochastic optimal control,- as well as practitioners will find this book appealing and a valuable reference.

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

    Alexey Piunovskiy, Yi Zhang

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