INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MARKOV PROCESSES AND CONTROLLED MARKOV CHAINS

http://www.unisa.edu.au/maths/events/china.phtml

August 22-28, 1999 to be held in Changsha, Hunan, China.

About

Following IFORS meeting in Beijing, in August 1999 this workshop will be the first of its kind to be held in China. It recognises the growing interest among the Chinese scholars in Markov Processes and their applications as well as the need to expose their contributions to the overseas community of experts. This will be a four day scientific meeting, followed by an optional two day excursion to (Zhang Jia Jie), one of the (most) famous scenic sites in China. The symposium has been scheduled in the week following IFORS'99 Conference. Participants will have an opportunity to hear state-of-the-art lectures on a wide range of topics in Markov Processes and Controlled Markov Chains and to exchange ideas with some of the world's leading experts in these subjects.

Sponsored by

• Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability
• National Science Foundation of China
• Changsha Railway University, China
• University of South Australia

Location

All the sessions and the conference dinners will be held at the magnificent hotels in the city center of Changsha. Changsha is the capital city of Hunan Province, which enjoys a long history. The famous Mawangdui tombs (built more than 2,000 years ago in the Han Dynasty) have become the focus of world attention with their valuable cultural relics. The city is situated between mountains and rivers, flown on north by the Xiang River and sheltered on west by the Yuelu Mountain, enjoys a picturesque natural beauty mixed with the unique outlook of an ancient city. It is six-hour driving distance to the most beautiful scenic spot - Zhang Jia Jie National Park from Changsha.

Program

The four day technical program will consist of plenary sessions and presentations of invited and contributed papers. The topics include, but are not limited to the following:

• Continuous-time Markov chains and jump processes;
• Stochastic analysis;
• Interacting particle systems;
• Super-processes;
• Piecewise determined processes;
• Markov renewal processes;
• Coupling, dual and large deviations;
• Applications of Markov processes;
• Existence of optimal policies in Controlled Markov Chains;
• Constrained Controlled Markov Chains;
• Numerical schemes for Controlled Markov Chains;
• Singularly perturbed Controlled Markov Chains;
• Non-standard optimality criteria in Controlled Markov Chains;
• Approximation of controlled diffusions by Controlled Markov Chains;
• Applications of Controlled Markov Chains

Plenary Lectures

The following international experts have agreed to give plenary lectures at the workshop:

• Prof. E. Dynkin (Cornell University, USA)
• Prof. S. Watanabe (University of Kyoto, Japan)
• Prof. A. Haurie (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
• Prof. O. Hernandez-Lerma (CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico)

• Prof. Hou Zhenting (Changsha Railway University, China)
• Prof. J.A. Filar (University of South Australia)
• Dr Anyue Chen (University of Greenwich, UK).
• Prof. L.H.Y. Chen (National University of Singapore)

• Prof. E. Dynkin (Cornell University, USA),
• Prof. Shinzo Watanabe (University of Kyoto, Japan),
• Prof. David Cox (Oxford University, UK),
• Prof. Phil. Pollett (Queensland University, Australia,)
• Prof. Ryszard Syski (University of Maryland, USA)
• Prof. Erik Van Doorn (University of Twenti, The Netherland)
• Prof. A. Shwartz (Technion, Israel)
• Dr J-B Lasserre (LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France)
• Prof. O. Hernandez-Lerma (CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico)
• Prof. L. Kallenberg (Leiden University, Netherlands)
• Prof. A.F. Veinott (Stanford University, USA)
• Prof. S.I. Marcus (University of Maryland, USA)
• Prof. A. Hordijk (Leiden University, Netherlands)
• Prof. E. Altman (INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France)
• Prof. U. Rieder (Ulm University, Germany)
• Prof. D. Krass (University of Toronto, Canada)
• Prof. L. Thomas (University of Edinburgh, UK)
• Prof. E. Feinberg (SUNY, USA)
• Prof. U. Rothblum (Technion, Israel)
• Prof. H. Puterman (UBC, Canada)
• Prof. Z. Wang (Shantou University, China)
• Prof. Z. Ma (Academy of Science, China)
• Prof. S. Yan (Beijing Normal University, China)
• Prof. J. Yan (Academy of Science, China)
• Prof. M. Chen (Beijing Normal University, China)
• Prof. Lam Yeh (Chinese University of Hongkong)
• Prof. Y. Dai (Zhongshan University, China)
• Prof Y. Lin (Tsinghua University, China)
• Prof. K. Liu (Academy of Science, China)
• Prof. P. Taylor (University of Adelaide, Australia)
• Prof. S. Wang (Academy of Science, China)
• Prof. G. Hu (Nankai University, China)
• Prof. R. Wu (Nankai University, China)
• Prof. X. Yang (Hunan Normal University, China)
• Prof. M. Roeckner (University Bielefeld, Germany)
• Prof. M. F. Neuts (University of Arizona)

• Prof. S. Gu (President of Changsha Railway University, China)
• Prof. X. Hu (CSRU, China)
• Prof. J. Zou (CSRU, China)
• Prof. Z. Liu (CSRU, China)
• Prof. H. Zhang (CSRU, China)
• Prof. G. Xiao (CSRU, China)
• Mr. X. Fang (Secretary, CSRU, China)

Publication

All accepted papers will be included in a volume of proceedings made available to registered participants by the secretary of the International Workshop.

Papers

All papers, or extended abstracts, are to be submitted to the IPC Co-Chairs, by April 12, 1999. In particular,

1. Papers from outside of China dealing with general Markov processes should be sent to: Dr Anuye Chen
   School of Computing & Mathematical Science
   University of Greenwich
   London SE18 6PF UK
   TEL: +44 (0)181 3318492
   Fax: +44 (0)181 3318665
   E-mail: a.chen@greenwich.ac.uk
   
2. Papers from outside of China dealing with Controlled Markov Chains should be sent to: Professor Jerzy A. Filar
   Centre for Industrial and Applicable Mathematics
   University of South Australia
   The Levels Campus, Mawson Lakes
   SA 5095, Australia
   Fax: +61-8 8302-5785
   E-mail: ciam@Zarniwoop.Levels.unisa.edu.au
3. Papers from inside China dealing with any topic should be sent to: Professor Hou Zhenting
   Changsha Railway University
   Changsha, Hunan 410075, China
   Fax: 0731-5586475
   E-mail: zthou@csru.edu.cn

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