On the best-choice problem when the number of observations is random

DOI10.2307/3213731zbMATH Open0508.60042OpenAlexW2315500766MaRDI QIDQ4746591FDOQ4746591

Authors: Joseph D. Petruccelli 

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/3213731

zbMATH Keywords

optimal stoppingsecretary problemoptimal choice problemsequence of random length

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Cited In (5)

• Invariant record processes and applications to best choice modelling
• Maximizing the probability of stopping on any of the last \(m\) successes in independent Bernoulli trials with random horizon
• Choosing either the best or the second best when the number of applicants is random
• Objectives in the Best-Choice Problems
• Optimal stopping rule for the no-information duration problem with random horizon

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