1. A Unified Treatment of Queueing and Storage Problems — Probability Distributions -- 2. First Passage Problems and Duality Relations -- 3. Cybernetic Queueing and Storage Systems -- 4. Optimal Capacity of a Storage System.

1. Basic Concepts -- 1.1. Modeling -- 1.2. Classification of Processes -- 1.3. Process Parameters and Variables and their Classification -- 1.4. Classification of Process Models -- Capter 2. Optimizing Models -- 2.1. General Considerations -- 2.2. Objective Function — an Example -- 2.3....

I. Survey Papers -- “A Critique of Project Planning with Constrained Resources” -- “Sequencing Research and the Industrial Scheduling Problem” -- II. Applications -- “The Engine Scheduling Problem in a Railway Network” — Abstract -- “Detail Scheduling Models and Systems” --...

1. Introduction and summary -- I. Countable state space -- 2. Decision models and definition of the problem -- 3. The principle of optimality and the optimality equation -- 4. Value iteration -- 5. Criteria of optimality and existence of $$\bar{p} $$-optimal plans -- 6. Sufficient statistics,...

I -- Introduction -- 1.1 Purpose and Outline of the Study -- 1.2 Review of the Literature on Regression Models with Random and Fixed Coefficients -- 1.3 Conclusions -- II -- Efficient Methods of Estimating a Regression Equation with Equicorrelated Disturbances -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Some...

One—Introduction -- 1. Classicists and Critics -- 2. Neoclassical Trade Models -- 3. Recent Work on Economic Growth -- Two—The Single Country Model -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Neoclassical Production -- 3. Demand -- 4. Short-Run Equilibrium -- 5. Long-Run Equilibrium -- 6. Comparative Dynamics...

I. Bayesian Full Information Analysis of the Simultaneous Equations Model -- 1. A review of the problem of identification in a Bayesian approach and the specifications of the prior density functions -- 2. The extended natural conjugate density and its properties -- 3. Posterior distributions of...

This book is based on lectures given in a one-quarter course at UCLA. The aim. is to present som.e of the basic concepts and techniques of Functional Analys.is of relevance to optim.ization problem.s in Control. Com.m.unication and other areas in System. Science. The students are expected to...

I. General Formulation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Graphical Representations -- 3. Stochastic Properties -- II. Approximation Methods -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Approximations — No Customer Queue -- 3. Approximations with Queueing and Large Sk = s -- 4. Queueing with Random S, CS ?1 -- 5. Queueing...

I: A Selected Review of the Literature -- The Controversy over Pigou’s Increasing Cost Theorem -- Between Controversies -- The Controversy over Coase’s Neutrality Theorem: the Case for Coase -- The Pigovian Revival: the Case against Coase -- Recent Developments -- Summary and Prelude -- II:...