System Theory
System Theory

Author: Theodore E. Djaferis

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 1461552230

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System Theory: Modeling, Analysis and Control contains thirty-three scientific papers covering a wide range of topics in systems and control. These papers have been contributed to a symposium organized to celebrate Sanjoy K. Mitter's 65th birthday. The following research topics are addressed: distributed parameter systems, stochastic control, filtering and estimation, optimization and optimal control, image processing and vision, hierarchical systems and hybrid control, nonlinear systems, and linear systems. Also included are three survey papers on optimization, nonlinear filtering, and nonlinear systems. Recent advances are reported on the behavioral approach to systems, the relationship between differential games and robust control, estimation of diffusion processes, Markov processes, optimal control, hybrid control, stochastic control, spectral estimation, nonconvex quadratic programming, robust control, control algorithms and quantized linear systems. Innovative explorations are carried out on quantum systems from a control theory perspective, option valuation and hedging, three-dimensional medical visualization, computational structure biology image processing, and hierarchical approaches to complex systems, flow control, scheduling and force feedback in fluid mechanics. The contents reflect on past research accomplishments, current research activity, and future research directions in systems and control theory.

Axiomatic Models of Bargaining
Axiomatic Models of Bargaining

Author: A.E. Roth

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 3642515703

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The problem to be considered here is the one faced by bargainers who must reach a consensus--i.e., a unanimous decision. Specifically, we will be consid ering n-person games in which there is a set of feasible alternatives, any one of which can be the outcome of bargaining if it is agreed to by all the bargainers. In the event that no unanimous agreement is reached, some pre-specified disagree ment outcome will be the result. Thus, in games of this type, each player has a veto over any alternative other than the disagreement outcome. There are several reasons for studying games of this type. First, many negotiating situations, particularly those involving only two bargainers (i.e., when n = 2), are conducted under essentially these rules. Also, bargaining games of this type often occur as components of more complex processes. In addi tion, the simplicity of bargaining games makes them an excellent vehicle for studying the effect of any assumptions which are made in their analysis. The effect of many of the assumptions which are made in the analysis of more complex cooperative games can more easily be discerned in studying bargaining games. The various models of bargaining considered here will be studied axioma- cally. That is, each model will be studied by specifying a set of properties which serve to characterize it uniquely.

Stochastic Analysis
Stochastic Analysis

Author: Eddy Mayer-Wolf

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2014-05-10

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 1483218708

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Stochastic Analysis: Liber Amicorum for Moshe Zakai focuses on stochastic differential equations, nonlinear filtering, two-parameter martingales, Wiener space analysis, and related topics. The selection first ponders on conformally invariant and reflection positive random fields in two dimensions; real time architectures for the Zakai equation and applications; and quadratic approximation by linear systems controlled from partial observations. Discussions focus on predicted miss, review of basic sequential detection problems, multigrid algorithms for the Zakai equation, invariant test functions and regularity, and reflection positivity. The text then takes a look at a model of stochastic differential equation in Hubert spaces applicable to Navier Stokes equation in dimension 2; wavelets as attractors of random dynamical systems; and Markov properties for certain random fields. The publication examines the anatomy of a low-noise jump filter, nonlinear filtering with small observation noise, and closed form characteristic functions for certain random variables related to Brownian motion. Topics include derivation of characteristic functions for the examples, proof of the theorem, sequential quadratic variation test, asymptotic optimal filters, mean decision time, and asymptotic optimal filters. The selection is a valuable reference for researchers interested in stochastic analysis.

Stochastic Analysis
Stochastic Analysis

Author: Michel Metivier

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-11-15

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 3540392327

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Annotation Contents: G. Benarous: Noyau de la chaleur hypoelliptique et géométrie sous-riemannienne.- M. Fukushima: On two Classes of Smooth Measures for Symmetric Markov Processes.- T. Funaki: The Hydrodynamical Limit for Scalar Ginzburg-Landau Model on R.- N. Ikeda, S. Kusuoka: Short time Asymptotics for Fundamental Solutions of Diffusion Equations.- K. Ito: Malliavin Calculus on a Segal Space.- Y. Kasahara, M. Maejima: Weak Convergence of Functionals of Point Processes on Rd.- Y. Katznelson, P. Malliavin: Image des Points critiques d'une application régulière.- S. Kusuoka: Degree Theorem in Certain Wiener Riemannian Manifolds.- R. Leandre: Applications quantitatives et géométrique du calcul de Malliavin.- Y. Le Jan: On the Fock Space Representation of Occupations Times for non Reversible Markov Processes.- M. Metivier, M. Viot: On Weak Solutions of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations.- P.A. Meyer: Une remarque sur les Chaos de Wiener.- H. Tanaka: Limit Theorem for One-Dimensional Diffusion Process in Brownian Environment.- H. Uemura, S. Watanabe: Diffusion Processes and Heat Kernels on Certain Nilpotent Groups.

Managerial Planning
Managerial Planning

Author: Charles S. Tapiero

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-04-17

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1351243209

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Originally published in 1977. Management is a dynamic process reflected in three essential functions: management of time, change and people. The book provides a bridging gap between quantitative theories imbedded in the systems approach and managerial decision-making over time and under risk. The conventional wisdom that management is a dynamic process is rendered operational. This title will be of interest to students of business studies and management.