Selection of nonextremal candidates from a random sequence

DOI10.1007/BF00934083zbMath0471.49025OpenAlexW2043950777MaRDI QIDQ1157563

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00934083

zbMATH Keywords

optimal choiceoptimal stoppingsecretary problemmonotone preference functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40) Optimality conditions for problems involving randomness (49K45) Optimal stopping in statistics (62L15)

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OPTIMAL SELECTION OF THE k-TH BEST CANDIDATE ⋮ Average number of candidates surveyed by the headhunter in the recruitment ⋮ A unified approach for solving sequential selection problems ⋮ Sequential selections with minimization of failure ⋮ The secretary problem: optimal selection with interview cost from two groups of candidates

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