{"product_id":"9789814513029","title":"Stochastic Simulation Optimization For Discrete Event Systems: Perturbation Analysis, Ordinal Optimization And Beyond: Perturbation Analysis, Ordinal Optimization, and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscrete event systems (DES) have become pervasive in our daily lives. Examples include (but are not restricted to) manufacturing and supply chains, transportation, healthcare, call centers, and financial engineering. However, due to their complexities that often involve millions or even billions of events with many variables and constraints, modeling these stochastic simulations has long been a “hard nut to crack”. The advance in available computer technology, especially of cluster and cloud computing, has paved the way for the realization of a number of stochastic simulation optimization for complex discrete event systems. This book will introduce two important techniques initially proposed and developed by Professor Y C Ho and his team; namely perturbation analysis and ordinal optimization for stochastic simulation optimization, and present the state-of-the-art technology, and their future research directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart I: Perturbation Analysis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe IPA Calculus for Hybrid Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmoothed Perturbation Analysis: A Retrospective and Prospective Look\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerturbation Analysis and Variance Reduction in Monte Carlo Simulation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdjoints and Averaging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInfinitesimal Perturbation Analysis and Optimization Algorithms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSimulation-based Optimization of Failure-prone Continuous Flow Lines\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerturbation Analysis, Dynamic Programming, and Beyond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePart II: Ordinal Optimization:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFundamentals of Ordinal Optimization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptimal Computing Budget Allocation Framework\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNested Partitions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApplications of Ordinal Optimization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Professionals in industrial and systems engineering, graduate reference for probability \u0026amp; statistics, stochastic analysis and general computer science, and research.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185345642736,"sku":"9789814513029","price":23.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814513029_p0.jpg?v=1763691016","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814513029","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}