Unbiased estimates for gradients of stochastic network performance measures |
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Authors: | Nikolai Krivulin |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Mathematics, St. Petersburg University, Bibliotechnaya Sq. 2, 198904 St. Petersburg, Russia |
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Abstract: | Three classes of stochastic networks and their performance measures are considered. These performance measures are defined as the expected value of some random variables and cannot normally be obtained analytically as functions of network parameters in a closed form. We give similar representations for the random variables to provide a useful way of analytical study of these functions and their gradients. The representations are used to obtain sufficient conditions for the gradient estimates to be unbiased. The conditions are rather general and usually met in simulation study of the stochastic networks. Applications of the results are discussed and some practical algorithms of calculating unbiased estimates of the gradients are also presented. |
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Keywords: | 60F05 60F17 62L20 |
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