The Sum-the-Odds Theorem with Application to a Stopping Game of Sakaguchi

DOI10.14708/ma.v44i1.1192zbMath1370.60074OpenAlexW72070370MaRDI QIDQ5357637

Thomas S. Ferguson

Publication date: 12 September 2017

Published in: Mathematica Applicanda (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/d223dfda8a5edbe2380d35198089600a2833e689

zbMATH Keywords

optimal stoppingbest choice problemsstopping games

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of game theory (91A80) Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40) Probabilistic games; gambling (91A60)

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