A multi-attribute extension of the secretary problem: Theory and experiments

Journal of Mathematical Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 410-422

  Bearden, J Neil ^a   Murphy, Ryan O ^a   Rapoport, Amnon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Secretary problem; Sequential search

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844450976     PISSN: 00222496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmp.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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