On an optimal stopping problem of Gusein-Zade

DOI10.1016/0304-4149(80)90013-7zbMath0436.60036OpenAlexW2047803872MaRDI QIDQ1140921

Arthur O. Frank, Stephen M. Samuels

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Stochastic Processes and their Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4149(80)90013-7

zbMATH Keywords

optimal stoppingsecretary problemrelative ranksbest choice problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40)

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