The search for information -- a patient perspective on multiple opinions

DOI10.1016/0377-2217(94)00055-HzbMATH Open0912.90210OpenAlexW2063012260MaRDI QIDQ1127117FDOQ1127117

Authors: S. H. Smith 

Publication date: 25 May 1999

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-2217(94)00055-h

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zbMATH Keywords

optimal treatmentstochastic dynamic programmingBernoulli processoptimal search strategyexpected value of sample informationprocess of information gatheringsecond opinion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operations research and management science (90B99)

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