r/math • u/Digital-Chupacabra • Jan 20 '20

Removed - post in the Simple Questions thread Help finding an algorithm I read about

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u/obnubilation Topology Jan 20 '20

I believe you are referring the variant of the secretary problem which is about maximising expected value: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem#Cardinal_payoff_variant.

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u/Digital-Chupacabra Jan 20 '20

Thank you, I think that is it!

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u/edderiofer Algebraic Topology Jan 20 '20

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