The construction of an optimal distribution of search effort

DOI10.1002/NAV.3800280403MaRDI QIDQ3320110zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ingo Wegener

Publication date 1981

Published in Naval Research Logistics Quarterly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1002/nav.3800280403

zbMATH Keywords

minimization of expected search effortno concavity assumptionsoptimal distribution of search effort

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Search theory (90B40)

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