Analysis of heuristic solutions to the best choice problem.

DOI10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00601-XzbMath1043.90086WikidataQ57309401 ScholiaQ57309401MaRDI QIDQ1406961

Darryl A. Seale, William E. Stein, Amnon Rapoport

Publication date: 7 September 2003

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

HeuristicsDecision analysisOptimal stoppingApplied probabilitySecretary problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59) Combinatorial probability (60C05)

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