Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
Abstract:
Three kinds of estimates for performance sensitivities (gradients, Hessians etc.) of stochastic systems are introduced. These estimates are given in general operator form. Their convergence conditions and rate of convergence are presented. Particular attention is given to estimates obtained from a single sample path. Various examples of estimates are considered.