A Simple Solution to a Multiple Player Gambler's Ruin Problem

DOI10.4169/193009709X469841zbMATH Open1172.91006OpenAlexW1986586889MaRDI QIDQ3606432FDOQ3606432

Authors: Sheldon M. Ross 

Publication date: 26 February 2009

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4169/193009709x469841

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zbMATH Keywords

game theorymatchinginteracting agentsruin problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Markov chains and discrete-time Markov processes on general state spaces (social mobility, learning theory, industrial processes, etc.) (60J20) Probabilistic games; gambling (91A60) Operations research, economics (aspects of mathematics education) (97M40)

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