Discrete-Event Control of Stochastic Networks: Multimodularity and Regularity (Paperback, 2003)

Preface.- Part I: Theoretical Foundations: Multimodularity, Convexity and Optimization; Balanced Sequences; Stochastic Event Graphs.- Part II: Admission and Routing Control: Admission Control in Stochastic Event Graphs; Applications in Queuing Networks; Optimal Routing; Optimal Routing in two Deterministic Queues.- Part III: Several Extensions: Networks with no Buffers; Vacancies, Service Allocation and Polling; Monotonicity of Feedback Control.- Part IV: Comparisons: Comparison of Queues with Discrete-time Arrival Processes; Simplex Convexity; Orders and Bounds for Multimodular Functions; Regular Ordering.- References.- Index.