Discrete Search with Directional Information

DOI10.1287/OPRE.34.3.470MaRDI QIDQ4724423zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Donald A. Berry, Roy F. Mensch

Publication date 1986

Published in Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.34.3.470

zbMATH Keywords

bisection strategiesdiscrete searchhiding in cellsoptimal search strategies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Search theory (90B40)

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