TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gosavi, Abhijit
TI  - Simulation-based optimization: parametric optimization techniques and reinforcement learning
SN  - 9781402074547
U1  - 519.6 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Kluwer Academic Publishers
KW  - Mathematical optimization
KW  - Probabilities
KW  - Mathematics
N1  - 1. Background --
2. Notation --
3. Probability Theory: A Refresher --
4. Basic Concepts Underlying Simulation --
5. Simulation Optimization: An Overview --
6. Response Surfaces and Neural Nets --
7. Parametric Optimization --
8. Dynamic Programming --
9. Reinforcement Learning --
10. Markov Chain Automata Theory --
11. Convergence: Background Material --
12. Convergence: Parametric Optimization --
13. Convergence: Control Optimization --
14. Case Studies --
15. Codes --
16. Concluding Remarks
ER  -