Download or read book Introduction to Stochastic Control written by Harold Joseph Kushner and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text treats stochastic control problems for Markov chains, discrete time Markov processes, and diffusion models, and discusses method of putting other problems into the Markovian framework. Computational methods are discussed and compared for Markov chain problems. Other topics include the fixed and free time of control, discounted cost, minimizing the average cost per unit time, and optimal stopping. Filtering and conrol for linear systems, and stochastic stability for discrete time problems are discussed thoroughly. The book gives a detailed treatment of the simpler problems, and fills the need to introduce the student to the more sophisticated mathematical concepts required for advanced theory by describing their roles and necessity in an intuitive and natural way. Diffusion models are developed as limits of stochastic difference equations and also via the stochastic integral approach. Examples and exercises are included. (Author).