Abstract
We consider a natural variation of the standard secretary problem: N groups of applicants are to be interviewed sequentially (in groups) by a manager and the manager wants to find a strategy which maximizes the probability of selecting the best applicant. We use the usual backward induction method to find the optimal strategy, which can be easily described and is a natural extension of the solution for the standard secretary problem.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 639-646 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Statistica Sinica |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2000 Apr 1 |
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Statistics and Probability
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
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Hsiau, S-R., & Yang, J. R. (2000). A natural variation of the standard secretary problem. Statistica Sinica, 10(2), 639-646.