A Problem of Optimal Choice and Assignment

DOI10.1287/opre.30.1.172zbMath0481.90049OpenAlexW1988857717MaRDI QIDQ3939588

John S. Rose

Publication date: 1982

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.30.1.172

zbMATH Keywords

closed form solutionsecretary problemsuboptimal strategyoptimal selection strategytwo decision makersdominant decision makerinferior decision makeroptimal assignment ruleoptimal object assignmentsecond best object selection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50)

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