The secretary problem demonstrates a scenario involving optimal stopping theory that is studied extensively in the fields of applied probability, statistics...

options). A key example of an optimal stopping problem is the secretary problem. Optimal stopping problems can often be written in the form of a Bellman...

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assignment problem is a fundamental combinatorial optimization problem. In its most general form, the problem is as follows: The problem instance has...

code are crucial. Allegedly, Johannes Kepler clearly exposed this secretary problem to a friend of his at a time when he was trying to make up his mind...

and efficiency and minimize the total cost of the assignment. The secretary problem can also be called the optimal stopping theory. It focuses heavily...

mathematics, economics, and computer science, the stable matching problem is the problem of finding a stable matching between two equally sized sets of elements...

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marriage problem may refer to: Assignment problem, consisting of finding a maximum weight matching in a weighted bipartite graph Secretary problem, also...

Arthur Cayley, who discovered the method while attempting to solve the secretary problem. In dynamic programming, a method of mathematical optimization, backward...

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solved the secretary problem? Statistical Science, 4(3), 282–289. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2245639 Freeman, P. R. (1983). The Secretary Problem and its...

Robbins' problem of optimal stopping, named after Herbert Robbins, is sometimes referred to as the fourth secretary problem or the problem of minimizing...

information, sometimes referred to as the fourth secretary problem, also bears his name: Robbins' problem (of optimal stopping). Robbins was born in New...

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appears in optimal planning problems like the secretary problem. The number e occurs naturally in connection with many problems involving asymptotics. An...

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of the graph or discarded. This is a natural generalization of the secretary problem and has applications to online ad auctions. The best online algorithm...

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the sum of ceilings of the first two such zeroes, 15 and 22. The secretary problem is also known as the 37% rule by 1 e ≈ 37 % {\displaystyle {\tfrac...

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Indiana) was a statistician and mathematician, known for his work on the secretary problem and for the Samuels Conjecture involving a Chebyshev-type inequality...

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The Cyprus problem, also known as the Cyprus conflict, Cyprus issue, Cyprus dispute, or Cyprus question, is an ongoing dispute between the Greek Cypriot...