How Long to Read Selected Topics on Continuous-time Controlled Markov Chains and Markov Games

How Long Does it Take to Read Selected Topics on Continuous-time Controlled Markov Chains and Markov Games?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 54 minutes to read Selected Topics on Continuous-time Controlled Markov Chains and Markov Games by Tomás Prieto-Rumeau

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book concerns continuous-time controlled Markov chains and Markov games. The former, which are also known as continuous-time Markov decision processes, form a class of stochastic control problems in which a single decision-maker has a wish to optimize a given objective function. In contrast, there are two or more decision-makers (or players, or controllers) trying to optimize its own objective function in a Markov game. Both decision-making processes appear in a large number of applications in economics, operations research, engineering, and computer science among other areas. The main features of the control and game models studied in the book are the continuous time variable, the denumerable state space, and that the control (or action) sets are Borel spaces. Moreover, the transition and reward rates of the dynamical system may be unbounded. The authors are interested in some aspects of controlled Markov chains and Markov games such as characterizing the optimal reward functions, and determining optimal policies for each of the optimality criteria studied here. The main focus is on advanced optimality criteria (such as, bias, variance, sensitive discount, and Blackwell optimality), though they also deal with the basic optimality criteria (discounted and average reward). A particular emphasis is made on the application of the results presented in this book. One of the main concerns is to propose assumptions on the control and game models that are easily verifiable (and verified) in practice. Moreover, algorithmic and computational issues are also analyzed. In particular, the authors propose approximation results that allow precise numerical approximations of the solution to some problems of practical interest. Applications to population models and epidemic processes are also shown.

How long is Selected Topics on Continuous-time Controlled Markov Chains and Markov Games?

Selected Topics on Continuous-time Controlled Markov Chains and Markov Games by Tomás Prieto-Rumeau is 292 pages long, and a total of 73,584 words.

This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 90% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Selected Topics on Continuous-time Controlled Markov Chains and Markov Games Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 42 minutes to read Selected Topics on Continuous-time Controlled Markov Chains and Markov Games aloud.

What Reading Level is Selected Topics on Continuous-time Controlled Markov Chains and Markov Games?

Selected Topics on Continuous-time Controlled Markov Chains and Markov Games is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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