Moment-based minimax stopping functions for sequences of random variables (Q1201894)

The authors consider the problem of optimal stopping for a finite sequence of uniformly bounded independent random variables when only the expected values and/or variances are known. They determine the corresponding minimax stopping times and worst-case distributions. Analogous results are given for the case when also the order of observation can be selected and the case when the random variables are additionally assumed to be identically distributed.