DURATION OF A SECRETARY PROBLEM

Authors
YEO GF
Citation
Gf. Yeo, DURATION OF A SECRETARY PROBLEM, Journal of Applied Probability, 34(2), 1997, pp. 556-558
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
Journal of Applied Probability → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219002
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
556 - 558
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9002(1997)34:2<556:DOASP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
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 item s is selected, is obtained by a probabilistic argument. Moments and as ymptotics readily follow.