Sequential sampling to myopically maximize the expected value of information

INFORMS Journal on Computing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-80

  Chick, Stephen E ^a   Branke, Jürgen ^b   Schmidt, Christian ^c  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c Locom Software GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Decision analysis: sequential; Simulation: statistical analysis; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949359798     PISSN: 10919856     EISSN: 15265528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/ijoc.1090.0327     Document Type: Article

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