Choosing the best of the current crop

DOI10.2307/1426783zbMath0475.60027OpenAlexW2028831552MaRDI QIDQ3930382

Gregory Campbell, Stephen M. Samuels

Publication date: 1981

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1426783

zbMATH Keywords

optimal stoppingsecretary problemrelative ranksbest choice problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40)

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