2 papers
cs.GT2020
Sample-driven optimal stopping: From the secretary problem to the i.i.d. prophet inequality
José Correa, Andrés Cristi, Boris Epstein +1
We take a unifying approach to single selection optimal stopping problems with random arrival order and independent sampling of items. In the problem we consider, a decision maker…
cs.DS2019
The Two-Sided Game of Googol and Sample-Based Prophet Inequalities
José Correa, Andrés Cristi, Boris Epstein +1
The secretary problem or the game of Googol are classic models for online selection problems that have received significant attention in the last five decades. We consider a varian…