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This paper deals with a generalization of a class of optimal stopping problems often referred to as the secretary problem. In the secretary problem, a decision maker views a group ofN candidates sequentially, each of which can be ranked according to some quality, although he does not know any distribution for the quality being measured. Generalizations pursued in this paper include randomN and a more elaborate payoff structure. Conditions on the payoff structure are given which result in a special subclass of stopping rules.
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Communicated by A. V. Balakrishnan
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Rasmussen, W.T. A generalized choice problem. J Optim Theory Appl 15, 311–325 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00933340
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00933340