1. Combining the Stochastic Counterpart and Stochastic Approximation Methods

   • Jean-Pierre Dussault
   • Donald Labrecque
   • Reuven Y. Rubinstein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 28

2. First and Second Derivative Estimators for Closed Jackson-Like Queueing Networks Using Perturbation Analysis Techniques

   • Gang Bao
   • Christos G. Cassandras
   • Michael A. Zazanis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 67

3. Functional Estimation with Respect to a Threshold Parameter via Dynamic Split-and-Merge

   • Pierre L'ecuyer
   • Felisa J. Vázquez-abad

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 92

4. On the Convergence of Global Rational Approximants for Stochastic Discrete Event Systems

   • Wei-Bo Gong
   • Hong Yang
   • Hanzhong Hu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 116