Prophet inequalities for parallel processes

T. P. Hill and D. P. Kennedy

Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 1989, vol. 31, issue 2, 236-243

Abstract: Generalizations of prophet inequalities for single sequences are obtained for optimal stopping of several parallel sequences of independent random variables. For example, if {Xi, j, 1

Keywords: optimal; stopping; prophet; inequalities; parallel; processes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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