Selection of nonextremal candidates from a random sequence

DOI10.1007/BF00934083zbMath0471.49025MaRDI QIDQ1157563

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

optimal choice; optimal stopping; secretary problem; monotone preference functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60G40: Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory

49K45: Optimality conditions for problems involving randomness

62L15: Optimal stopping in statistics

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