A multi-attribute extension of the secretary problem: theory and experiments

DOI10.1016/J.JMP.2005.08.002MaRDI QIDQ2581773zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors J. Neil Bearden, Ryan O. Murphy, Amnon Rapoport

Publication date 10 January 2006

Published in Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2005.08.002

zbMATH Keywords

Dynamic programmingSecretary problemSequential search

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Search theory (90B40) Dynamic programming (90C39)

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