Continuous-time Markov chains and applications a two-time-scale approach /
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Author / Creator: | Yin, George, 1954- |
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Edition: | 2nd ed. |
Imprint: | New York : Springer, 2013. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 427 p.) : ill. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Stochastic modelling and applied probability, 0172-4568 ; 37 Stochastic modelling and applied probability ; 37. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9848832 |
Table of Contents:
- Querying Moving Objects Detected by Sensor Networks
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Applications for MOSD
- 2.1 Application Example 1: Surveillance
- 2.2 Application Example 2: Animal Tracking
- 2.3 Scope and Assumptions
- 3 Background
- 3.1 Detection Mechanisms
- 3.2 Moving Object Databases
- 3.3 Query Processing in Sensor Networks
- 4 Generic Model of a Sensor Network
- 5 Point Set Topology for Sensor Networks
- 6 Deriving Predicate Results
- 6.1 Detection Scenarios
- 6.2 Predicate Results for Regions
- 6.3 Predicate Results for Zones
- 6.4 Summary.
- 7 Spatio-Temporal Developments
- 7.1 Irregularity of Zones and Concatenation
- 7.2 A Canonical Collection of Spatio-Temporal Developments
- 7.3 Formal Description of Object Detection Sequences
- 7.4 Detection Terms
- 8 Spatio-Temporal Query Processing in SN.
- 8.1 Data Structures and Algorithms
- 8.2 Computing Detection Scenarios
- 8.3 Centralized data collection.
- 8.4 Distributed data collection
- 8.5 Impact of Node Failures
- 9 Evaluation
- 9.1 Simulation Configuration
- 9.2 Simulation Results
- 9.3 Sun SPOT Case Study
- 10 Conclusions
- References
- Energy-Consumption in Sensor Networks
- A.1 Experimental Setup
- A.2 Results and Analysis
- A.2.1 Impact of Communication on node lifetime
- A.2.2 Energy consumption of sending and receiving
- A.2.3 Impact of energy-aware MAC protocols
- A.3 Lessons Learned.
- Part 1. Prologue and Preliminaries
- Introduction and Overview
- Mathematical Preliminaries
- Markovian Models
- Part 2. Two-Time-Scale Markov Chains
- Asymptotic Expansions of Solutions for Forward Equations
- Occupation Measures: Asymptotic Properties and Ramification
- Asymptotic Expansions of Solutions for Backward Equations
- Part 3. Applications: MDPs, Near-optimal Controls, Numerical Methods, and LQG with Switching
- Markov Decision Problems
- Stochastic Control of Dynamical Systems
- Numerical Methods for Control and Optimization
- Hybrid LQG Problems.