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Publication date: 1983

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scheduling optimal stopping search sequential allocation Average Reward Criterion Bandit Processes Stochastic Order Relations

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Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Stochastic programming (90C15) Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35) Dynamic programming (90C39) Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40) Markov and semi-Markov decision processes (90C40) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-01)

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