On the best choice problem with random population size

DOI10.1007/BF01919245zbMath0438.60038OpenAlexW2047514978MaRDI QIDQ3880015

Albrecht Irle

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Zeitschrift für Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01919245

zbMATH Keywords

best choice problem with random population sizeoptimality of a stopping rule

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40)

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