Switching Costs and the Gittins Index
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Publication:4301032
DOI10.2307/2951664zbMath0807.90123OpenAlexW2021622496MaRDI QIDQ4301032
Rangarajan K. Sundaram, Jeffrey S. Banks
Publication date: 19 February 1995
Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/67329/
infinite horizonGittins indexswitching costsgeometric discountingindependent-armed bandit problemsindex strategies
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