Author: Allison James Taylor
Publisher:
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Category : Diffusion processes
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Author: Diane Sheng
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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We consider a class of problems in the optimal control of one-dimensional diffusion processes, with the objective to minimize expected discounted cost over an infinite planning horizon. There are available a finite number of control modes (actions), and the state of the system changes locally like a Brownian Motion whose drift and variance depend upon the control mode being employed (but not upon the current state). There is a holding cost which is proportional to the state of the system and is independent of the control mode. In addition to these continuous costs, there are lump costs associated with a change in action. The state space may be either a finite or semi-infinite interval, and different types of boundary behavior are considered. Absorbing barriers arise in applications to collective risk and insurance, while reflecting barriers are natural for problems in the optimal control of queueing and storage systems. When there are only two control modes, one expects an optimal policy characterized by a pair of critical numbers. For various special cases, it is shown that such an optimal policy exists, and (complicated) formulas for the critical numbers are derived. (Author).

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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 836

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Author: Diane Dwan Sheng
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Category : Control theory
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Author: Raouf Boucekkine
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136920927
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 277

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This book covers a wide range of topics within mathematical modelling and the optimization of economic, demographic, technological and environmental phenomena. Each chapter is written by experts in their field and represents new advances in modelling theory and practice. These essays are exemplary of the fruitful interaction between theory and practice when exploring global and local changes. The unifying theme of the book is the use of mathematical models and optimization methods to describe age-structured populations in economy, demography, technological change, and the environment. Emphasis is placed on deterministic dynamic models that take age or size structures, delay effects, and non-standard decision variables into account. In addition, the contributions deal with the age structure of assets, resources, and populations under study. Interdisciplinary modelling has enormous potential for discovering new insights in global and regional development. Optimal Control of Age-structured Populations in Economy, Demography, and the Environment is a rich and excellent source of information on state-of-the-art modelling expertise and references. The book provides the necessary mathematical background for readers from different areas, such as applied sciences, management sciences and operations research, which helps guide the development of practical models. As well as this the book also surveys the current practice in applied modelling and looks at new research areas for a general mathematical audience. This book will be of interest primarily to researchers, postgraduate students, as well as a wider scientific community, including those focussing on the subjects of applied mathematics, environmental sciences, economics, demography, management, and operations research.

Author: Vivek S. Borkar
Publisher: Longman
ISBN:
Category : Control theory
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Author: Tomas Björk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316518671
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 323

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Develop a deep understanding and working knowledge of point-process theory as well as its applications in finance.

Author: Guillermo L. Gómez M.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401125244
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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Mathematical models have been very successful in the study of the physical world. Galilei and Newton introduced point particles moving without friction under the action of simple forces as the basis for the description of concrete motions like the ones of the planets. This approach was sustained by appro priate mathematical methods, namely infinitesimal calculus, which was being developed at that time. In this way classical analytical mechanics was able to establish some general results, gaining insight through explicit solution of some simple cases and developing various methods of approximation for handling more complicated ones. Special relativity theory can be seen as an extension of this kind of modelling. In the study of electromagnetic phenomena and in general relativity another mathematical model is used, in which the concept of classical field plays the fundamental role. The equations of motion here are partial differential equations, and the methods of study used involve further developments of classical analysis. These models are deterministic in nature. However it was realized already in the second half of last century, through the work of Maxwell, Boltzmann, Gibbs and others, that in the discussion of systems involving a great number of particles, the deterministic description is not by itself of great help, in particu lar a suitable "weighting" of all possible initial conditions should be considered.

Author: Piernicola Bettiol
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319069179
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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Since the 1950s control theory has established itself as a major mathematical discipline, particularly suitable for application in a number of research fields, including advanced engineering design, economics and the medical sciences. However, since its emergence, there has been a need to rethink and extend fields such as calculus of variations, differential geometry and nonsmooth analysis, which are closely tied to research on applications. Today control theory is a rich source of basic abstract problems arising from applications, and provides an important frame of reference for investigating purely mathematical issues. In many fields of mathematics, the huge and growing scope of activity has been accompanied by fragmentation into a multitude of narrow specialties. However, outstanding advances are often the result of the quest for unifying themes and a synthesis of different approaches. Control theory and its applications are no exception. Here, the interaction between analysis and geometry has played a crucial role in the evolution of the field. This book collects some recent results, highlighting geometrical and analytical aspects and the possible connections between them. Applications provide the background, in the classical spirit of mutual interplay between abstract theory and problem-solving practice.

Author: Tudor Barbu
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319930060
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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This book covers two essential PDE-based image processing fields: image denoising and image inpainting. It describes the state-of-the-art PDE-based image restoration and interpolation (inpainting) techniques, focusing on the latest advances in PDE-based image processing and analysis, and explores novel techniques involving diffusion-based models and variational schemes. The PDE and variational schemes clearly outperform the conventional approaches in these areas, and can successfully remove image noise and reconstruct missing or highly degraded regions, while preserving the essential features and avoiding unintended effects. The book addresses researchers and graduate students, but is also well suited for professionals in both the mathematics and electrical engineering domains, as it provides rigorous mathematical investigations of the image processing models described, as well as mathematical treatments for the numerical approximation schemes of these differential models.