The candidate problem with unknown population size

DOI10.2307/3212720MaRDI QIDQ4094193zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors W. T. Rasmussen, Herbert Robbins

Publication date 1975

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2307/3212720

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial probability (60C05) Stopping times; optimal stopping problems; gambling theory (60G40) Optimal stopping in statistics (62L15) Optimal stochastic control (93E20)

Cited in

(5)

• A new method for computing asymptotic results in optimal stopping problems
• Progressive stopping heuristics that excel in individual and competitive sequential search
• On the best choice problem with random population size
• Objectives in the Best-Choice Problems
• An application of prophet regions to optimal stopping with a random number of observations

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