Duration of a secretary problem

The distribution of the number of items drawn in a secretary problem, with an order s selection role and a success if any of the best s items is selected, is obtained by a probabilistic argument. Moments and asymptotics readily follow.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied probability 1997-06, Vol.34 (2), p.556-558
1. Verfasser: Yeo, Geoffrey F.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The distribution of the number of items drawn in a secretary problem, with an order s selection role and a success if any of the best s items is selected, is obtained by a probabilistic argument. Moments and asymptotics readily follow.
ISSN:0021-9002
1475-6072
DOI:10.1017/S0021900200101184