Cao Xi-Ren

Xi-Ren Cao

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Found 14 papers in total
Performance optimization of queueing systems with perturbation realization
2012
After the intensive studies of queueing theory in the past decades, many excellent...
The Maclaurin series for performance functions of Markov chains
1998
We derive formulas for the first- and higher-order derivatives of the steady state...
On performance potentials and conditional Monte Carlo for gradient estimation for Markov chains
1999
We consider the problem of sample path-based gradient estimation for long-run...
Single sample path-based optimization of Markov chains
1999
Motivated by the needs of on-line optimization of real-world engineering systems, we...
Perturbation analysis of discrete event systems: Concepts, algorithms, and applications
1996
Perturbation analysis of discrete event systems is a technique that provides estimates...
Event coupling and performance sensitivity analysis of generalized semi-Markov processes
1995
The paper studies a fundamental feature of the generalized semi-Markov processes...
Performance sensitivity analysis of open Markovian queueing networks
1994
This paper studies the sensitivity of a class of performance measures in open networks...
A linear algebraic formulation of the performance sensitivities of queueing networks
1992
Queueing networks have been widely used to model discrete event dynamic systems...
Decomposition of random variables with bounded hazard rates
1993
The paper derives decomposition formula for the distribution functions of random...
The predictability of discrete event systems
1989
Perturbation analysis and the automaton and language model are two recently developed...
The convergence property of sample derivatives in closed Jackson queuing networks
1989
A stochastic system such as a queuing network can be specified by system parameters...
The static property of a perturbed multiclass closed queueing network and decomposition
1989
Queueing networks can be viewed as dynamic systems. A small perturbation of an event...
Convergence properties of Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis estimates
1988
Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis (IPA) is a method for computing a sample path...
System representations and performance sensitivity estimates of discrete event systems
1989
A recently developed technique, called Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis (IPA),...
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