Discrete-Time Markov Chains: Two-Time-Scale Methods and Applications
@inproceedings{Yin2004DiscreteTimeMC, title={Discrete-Time Markov Chains: Two-Time-Scale Methods and Applications}, author={George Yin and Qing Zhang}, year={2004} }
Prologue and Preliminaries.- Introduction, Overview, and Examples.- Mathematical Preliminaries.- Asymptotic Properties.- Asymptotic Expansions.- Occupation Measures.- Exponential Bounds.- Interim Summary and Extensions.- Applications.- Stability of Dynamic Systems.- Filtering.- Markov Decision Processes.- LQ Controls.- Mean-Variance Controls.- Production Planning.- Stochastic Approximation.
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