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....

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. Introductory Essays -- 1. The Invisible Revolution in Economics: Emergence of a Mathematical Science -- 2. The Econometric Work of Gerhard Tintner -- II. Economic Models and Applications -- 3. The Demand for Capital Services -- 4. The Competitive Equilibrium: A Qualitative Analysis -- 5....

Computation of the Switching Times in Optimal Control Problems of Bang-Bang Type -- Methodes d’optimisation dans la theorie du controle -- A Comparison of Some Recent Iterative Methods for the Numerical Solution of Nonlinear Programs -- Problems in Optimal Control of Macroeconomic Systems --...

1. The Queue M/G/1 with Group Arrivals -- 1.1 Description and Definitions -- 1.2 Busy Period Transitions -- 1.3 General Transitions of Q(T) -- 1.4 Limiting Behavior of Q(T) -- 1.5 Q(T) and the Unexpended Service Time -- 1.6 Waiting Time W(T): An Approach Through Q(T) -- 1.7 Waiting Time W(T): An...