Stochastic Approximation (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics)

Wasan, M. T.

ISBN 10: 0521604850 / ISBN 13: 9780521604857

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 2004

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• Titolo: Stochastic Approximation (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521604850
• ISBN 13: 9780521604857
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Stochastic approximation is a relatively new technique for studying the properties of an experimental situation; it has important applications in fields such as medicine and engineering. The subject can be treated either largely as a branch of pure mathematics, or else from an empirical and practical angle. In this book, Dr Wasan gives a rigorous mathematical treatment of the subject, drawing together the scattered results of a number of authors. He discusses the conditions under which the method gives a valid approximation to the required solution; methods for optimal choice of parameters to hasten convergence; the comparison of the method with other techniques. The discussion and proofs of theorems are given in enough detail to make them easy to follow, while a number of interesting examples show how the techniques may be applied in many fields.

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Stochastic approximation is a technique for studying the properties of an experimental situation; it has important applications in fields such as medicine and engineering. Dr Wasan gives a rigorous mathematical treatment of the subject. The discussion and proofs of theorems are easy to follow, while a number of interesting examples show how the techniques may be applied in many fields.