Applications in Financial Engineering, Queueing Networks and Manufacturing Systems

This edited volume contains 16 research articles and presents recent
and pressing issues in stochastic processes, control theory, differential
games, optimization, and their applications in finance, manufacturing,
queueing networks, and climate control. One of the salient features is
that the book is highly multi-disciplinary. It assembles experts from the
fields of operations research, control theory and optimization, stochastic
analysis, and financial engineering to review and substantially update
the recent progress in these fields. Another distinct characteristic of the
book is that all papers are motivated by applications in which optimization,
control, and stochastics are inseparable. The book will be a timely
addition to the literature and will be of interest to people working in the
aforementioned fields. All papers in this volume have been reviewed.

This volume is dedicated to Professor Suresh Sethi on the occasion of
his 60th birthday. In view of his fundamental contributions, his distinguished
career, his substantial achievements, his influence to the control
theory and applications, operations research, and management science,
and his dedication to the scientific community, we have invited a number
of leading experts in the fields of optimization, control, and operation
management, to contribute to this volume in honor of him.

Without the help of many individuals, this book could not have come
into being. We thank the series editor Professor Frederick S. Hillier for
his time and consideration. Our thanks also go to Gary Folven, Carolyn
Ford, and the Springer’s professionals for their assistance in finalizing the
book. Finally, we express our gratitude to all authors for their invaluable
contributions.