On an optimal selection problem of Cowan and Zabczyk

DOI10.2307/3214216zbMath0596.60046OpenAlexW1963760335MaRDI QIDQ3729762

F. Thomas Bruss

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/3214216

zbMATH Keywords

Poisson processBayesian inferencerenewal theoremsecretary problemstationary strategyapartment problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40) Sequential estimation (62L12) Optimal stopping in statistics (62L15)

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