Control Techniques for Complex Networks - Hardcover

Meyn, Sean

 
9780521884419: Control Techniques for Complex Networks
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521884411 ISBN 13: 9780521884419
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description

Power grids, flexible manufacturing, cellular communications: interconnectedness has consequences. This remarkable book gives the tools and philosophy you need to model and control complex networks. Core chapters assume only exposure to stochastic processes and linear algebra at undergraduate level; later chapters are for more advanced graduate students and researchers/practitioners.

About the Author

Sean Meyn is professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois, and a fellow of the IEEE. He is co-author with Richard Tweedie of Markov Chains and Stochastic Stability, which received the 1994 ORSA/TIMS Best Publication in Applied Probability Award.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521884411
ISBN 13 
9780521884419
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
582