Why do these quite different best-choice problems have the same solutions?

DOI10.1239/aap/1086957578zbMath1071.60028OpenAlexW1984882568MaRDI QIDQ4819488

Stephen M. Samuels

Publication date: 24 September 2004

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1239/aap/1086957578

zbMATH Keywords

optimal stoppingsecretary problemplanar Poisson process

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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