Discrete-Event Control of Stochastic Networks - Multimodularity and Regularity

Preface.- Part I: Theoretical Foundations: Multimodularity, Convexity and Optimization Balanced Sequences Stochastic Event Graphs.- Part II: Admission and Routing Control: Admission Control in Stochastic Event Graphs Applications in Queuing Networks Optimal Routing Optimal Routing in two Deterministic Queues.- Part III: Several Extensions: Networks with no Buffers Vacancies, Service Allocation and Polling Monotonicity of Feedback Control.- Part IV: Comparisons: Comparison of Queues with Discrete-time Arrival Processes Simplex Convexity Orders and Bounds for Multimodular Functions Regular Ordering.- References.- Index.