Modeling, Control and Optimization of Complex Systems

List of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword. Acknowledgements. 1. Optimal Representation and Visualization of Multivariate Data and Functions in Low-Dimensional Space; Jian Song. 2. Modeling of Complex Systems; K.J. Åström. 3. Power Control in ad hoc Wireless Networks: An Architectural Solution for a Melee of Multiple Agents, Cost Criteria, and Information Pattern; S. Narayanaswamy, et al. 4. Some Examples of Optimal Control; A.E. Bryson. 5. Adaptive Control Using Multiple Models: A Methodology; K.S. Narenda, et al. 6. Constrained Control: Polytopic Techniques; D.Q. Mayne. 7. An Introduction to Constrained Control; G.C. Goodwin, et al. 8. On Feasibility of Interplanetary Travel: The Flight from Earth to Mars and Back; A. Miele. 9. Linear Quadratic Control Revisited; D.D. Yao, et al. 10. Discrete Events: Timetables, Capacity Questions, and Planning Issues for Railway Systems; G.J. Olsder, A.F. de Kort. 11. A Sensitivity View of Markov Decision Processes and Reinforcement Learning; Xie-Ren Cao. 12. Optimal Control for Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems; C.G. Cassandras, K. Gokbayrak.