title: Discrete Event Modeling and Simulation Technologies: A Tapestry of Systems and AI-Based Theories and Methodologies
author:  Hessam S. Sarjoughian 
description: How are modeling and simulation guiding the evolution of artificial intelligence? Get the state of the art in this collection of papers from a survey of academics and professionals working deep in the field. Moving beyond mathematical modeling to include robotics and multi-agent systems, the work is invaluable to all AI researchers. <i>--Rob Lightner</i>
zlib_text: Max-Plus Linear Stochastic Systems 
  and 
  Perturbation Analysis 
  
  THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES 
  ON DISCRETE EVENT DYNAMIC SYSTEMS 
  Series Editor 
  Yu-Chi Ho 
  Harvard University 
  SUPERVISION OF PETRI NETS 
  Geert Stremersch 
  ISBN: 0-7923-7486-X 
  ANALYSIS OF MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES: An Approach to Leveraging Value Delivery 
  Processes for Competitive Advantage 
  N. Viswanadham 
  ISBN: 0-7923-8671-X 
  INTRODUCTION TO DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS 
  Christos G. Cassandras, St6phane Lafortune 
  ISBN: 0-7923-86094 
  OBJECT-ORIENTED COMPUTER SIMULATION OF DISCRETE-EVENT SYSTEMS 
  Jerzy Tyszer 
  ISBN: 0-7923-8506-3 
  TIMED PETRI NETS: Theory and Application 
  Jiacun Wang 
  ISBN: 0-7923-8270-6 
  SUPERVISORY CONTROL OF DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS USING PETRI NETS 
  John O. Moody and Panos J. Antsaklis 
  ISBN: 0-7923-8199-8 
  GRADIENT ESTIMATION VIA PERTURBATION ANALYSIS 
  P. Glasserman 
  ISBN: 0-7923-90954 
  PERTURBATION ANALYSIS OF DISCRETE EVENT DYNAMIC SYSTEMS 
  Yu-Chi Ho and Xi-Ren Cao 
  ISBN: 0-7923-9174-8 
  PETRI NET SYNTHESIS 