Partially Observed Markov Decision Processes : From Filtering to Controlled Sensing (Hardcover)

Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Stochastic Models and Bayesian Filtering: 2. Stochastic state-space models; 3. Optimal filtering; 4. Algorithms for maximum likelihood parameter estimation; 5. Multi-agent sensing: social learning and data incest; Part II. Partially Observed Markov Decision Processes. Models and Algorithms: 6. Fully observed Markov decision processes; 7. Partially observed Markov decision processes (POMDPs); 8. POMDPs in controlled sensing and sensor scheduling; Part III. Partially Observed Markov Decision Processes: 9. Structural results for Markov decision processes; 10. Structural results for optimal filters; 11. Monotonicity of value function for POMPDs; 12. Structural results for stopping time POMPDs; 13. Stopping time POMPDs for quickest change detection; 14. Myopic policy bounds for POMPDs and sensitivity to model parameters; Part IV. Stochastic Approximation and Reinforcement Learning: 15. Stochastic optimization and gradient estimation; 16. Reinforcement learning; 17. Stochastic approximation algorithms: examples; 18. Summary of algorithms for solving POMPDs; Appendix A. Short primer on stochastic simulation; Appendix B. Continuous-time HMM filters; Appendix C. Markov processes; Appendix D. Some limit theorems; Bibliography; Index.