Selection of nonextremal candidates from a random sequence

DOI10.1007/BF00934083zbMATH Open0471.49025OpenAlexW2043950777MaRDI QIDQ1157563FDOQ1157563

Authors: S. H. Smith 

Publication date: 1982

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00934083

zbMATH Keywords

optimal stoppingsecretary problemoptimal choicemonotone preference functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optimality conditions for problems involving randomness (49K45) Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40) Optimal stopping in statistics (62L15)

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• The secretary problem: optimal selection with interview cost from two groups of candidates
• A unified approach for solving sequential selection problems
• OPTIMAL SELECTION OF THE k-TH BEST CANDIDATE

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