Control Techniques for Complex Networks

ISBN-13: 9780521884419 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 584 str.

Sean Meyn; S. P. Meyn

Opis

Power grids, flexible manufacturing, cellular communications: interconnectedness has consequences. This remarkable book gives the tools and philosophy you need to build network models detailed enough to capture essential dynamics but simple enough to expose the structure of effective control solutions and to clarify analysis. Core chapters assume only exposure to stochastic processes and linear algebra at the undergraduate level; later chapters are for advanced graduate students and researchers/practitioners. This gradual development bridges classical theory with the state-of-the-art. The workload model that is the basis of traditional analysis of the single queue becomes a foundation for workload relaxations used in the treatment of complex networks. Lyapunov functions and dynamic programming equations lead to the celebrated MaxWeight policy along with many generalizations. Other topics include methods for synthesizing hedging and safety stocks, stability theory for networks, and techniques for accelerated simulation. Examples and figures throughout make ideas concrete. Solutions to end-of-chapter exercises available on a companion website.

Recenzje

'In my opinion this book is written primarily for seasoned researchers in the field who need a nice source of existing results and ideas. In this vein the book is outstanding and it should become an indispensable aid to researchers and practitioners. … All in all this is an excellent book …' Mathematical Reviews

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Modeling and Control: 2. Examples; 3. The single-server queue; 4. Scheduling; Part II. Workload: 5. Workload and scheduling; 6. Routing and resource pooling; 7. Demand; Part III. Stability and Performance: 8. Foster-Lyapunov techniques; 9. Optimization; 10. ODE methods; 11. Simulation and learning; Appendix. Markov models; References; Index.