When to Abandon a Research Project and Search for a New One

DOI10.1287/opre.2017.1701zbMath1443.90222OpenAlexW3123239585MaRDI QIDQ4971380

Robert L. Winkler, Kevin F. McCardle, Ilia Tsetlin

Publication date: 12 October 2020

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2017.1701

zbMATH Keywords

uncertaintydynamic programmingoptimal stoppingproject managementBayesian updatingexponential Poisson bandit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50)

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