Sequential observation and selection with rank-dependent payoffs: An experimental study

Management Science

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1437-1449

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative decision rules; Optimal stopping; Secretary problem; Sequential search

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKERS; DECISION RULES; OPTIMAL DECISIONS; OPTIMAL STOPPING; PROBABILITY ESTIMATION; SECRETARY PROBLEM; SELECTION DECISIONS; SEQUENTIAL SEARCH;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 34247220844     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0535     Document Type: Article

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