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Secretary problem

The secretary problem demonstrates a scenario involving optimal stopping theory that is studied extensively in the fields of applied probability, statistics, and decision theory. It is also known as the marriage problem, the sultan's dowry problem, the fussy suitor problem, the googol game, and the best choice problem. Its solution is also known as the…

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related to References · 130
Secretary problem → American Scientist, American Statistical Association, Amnon, An, An Experimental Study, Analysis, Anchor Books, Annals, Ano, August, Bearden, Best Choice Problems, Best Secretaries, Bruss, Canadian Conference, Cite, CiteSeerX, Class, Cognitive Systems, Computer
related to history · 24
Secretary problem → February, Flood, Flood's, Fox, Fox Jr, Gardner, Gerald Marnie, He, In, John, Leo Moser, Leonard Gillman, Marnie, Martin Gardner, May, Merrill, Palermo, Pounder, Purdue, Robbins
related to External links · 15
Secretary problem → Applications, Archived, Eric, Ferguson, January, MathWorld, Neil Bearden, Number, OEISsequenceA054404, Optimal Search, Optimal Stopping, Secretary Problems, Sultan's Dowry Problem, Thomas, Weisstein
related to Limitations · 10
Secretary problem → Depending, For, However, Looking, Moreover, One, Presman, Sonin, The, This
related to Combinatorial generalization · 7
Secretary problem → Again, By, Each, The, This, Thus, When
related to Neural correlates · 7
Secretary problem → Decisions, Markov, MDP, MRI, Researchers, Therefore, While
related to The game of googol · 7
Secretary problem → Ferguson, In, Martin Gardner's February, Mathematical Games, Scientific American, Secretary, Who
related to Experimental studies · 6
Secretary problem → Experimental, For, If, In, The, This
related to Pick the best, using multiple tries · 6
Secretary problem → An, In, Now, Specifically, Unsent, You
related to Heuristic performance · 4
Secretary problem → Rapoport, Seale, Stein, The

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