Robbins' problem (English Wikipedia)

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ams.org (Global: 434^th place; English: 249^th place)

Walker, Leroy H. (1969). "Regarding stopping rules for Brownian motion and random walks". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 75 (1): 46–50. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1969-12140-3. ISSN 0002-9904.

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Elton, John H. (2023-06-06). "Exact Solution to the Chow-Robbins Game for almost all n, using the Catalan Triangle". arXiv:2205.13499 [math].
Häggström, Olle; Wästlund, Johan (2013). "Rigorous Computer Analysis of the Chow–Robbins Game". The American Mathematical Monthly. 120 (10): 893. arXiv:1201.0626. doi:10.4169/amer.math.monthly.120.10.893.

cambridge.org (Global: 209^th place; English: 151^st place)

Christensen, Sören; Fischer, Simon (June 2022). "On the Sn/n problem". Journal of Applied Probability. 59 (2): 571–583. doi:10.1017/jpr.2021.73. ISSN 0021-9002.

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Chow, Y.S.; Moriguti, S.; Robbins, Herbert Ellis; Samuels, Stephen M. (1964). "Optimal Selection Based on Relative Rank". Israel Journal of Mathematics. 2 (2): 81–90. doi:10.1007/bf02759948.
Bruss, F. Thomas (2005). "What is known about Robbins' Problem?". Journal of Applied Probability. 42 (1): 108–120. doi:10.1239/jap/1110381374. JSTOR 30040773.
Bruss, F.Thomas; Ferguson, S. Thomas (1993). "Minimizing the expected rank with full information". Journal of Applied Probability. 30 (3): 616–626. doi:10.1007/bf02759948. ISSN 0021-9002. JSTOR 3214770.
Bruss, F.Thomas; Ferguson, S. Thomas (1996). "Half-Prophets and Robbins' Problem of Minimizing the expected rank". Lecture Notes in Statistics (LNS). Athens Conference on Applied Probability and Time Series Analysis. Vol. 114. New York, NY: Springer New York. pp. 1–17. doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-0749-8_1. ISBN 978-0-387-94788-4.
Assaf, David; Samuel-Cahn, Ester (1996). "The secretary problem: Minimizing the expected rank with i.i.d. random variables". Advances in Applied Probability. 28 (3): 828–852. doi:10.2307/1428183. ISSN 0001-8678. JSTOR 1428183.
Bruss, F. Thomas; Swan, Yvik C. (2009). "What is known about Robbins' Problem?". Journal of Applied Probability. 46 (1): 1–18. doi:10.1239/jap/1238592113. JSTOR 30040773.
Krieger, Abba M.; Samuel-Cahn, Ester (2009). "The secretary problem of minimizing the expected rank: a simple suboptimal approach with generalization". Advances in Applied Probability. 41 (4): 1041–1058. doi:10.1239/aap/1261669585. JSTOR 27793918.
Chow, Y. S.; Robbins, Herbert (September 1965). "On optimal stopping rules for $S_{n}/n$". Illinois Journal of Mathematics. 9 (3): 444–454. doi:10.1215/ijm/1256068146. ISSN 0019-2082.
Teicher, H.; Wolfowitz, J. (1966-12-01). "Existence of optimal stopping rules for linear and quadratic rewards". Zeitschrift für Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und Verwandte Gebiete. 5 (4): 361–368. doi:10.1007/BF00535366. ISSN 1432-2064.
Simons, Gordon; Yao, Yi-Ching (1989-08-01). "Optimally stopping the sample mean of a Wiener process with an unknown drift". Stochastic Processes and Their Applications. 32 (2): 347–354. doi:10.1016/0304-4149(89)90084-7. ISSN 0304-4149.
Shepp, L. A. (June 1969). "Explicit Solutions to Some Problems of Optimal Stopping". The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 40 (3): 993–1010. doi:10.1214/aoms/1177697604. ISSN 0003-4851.
Taylor, Howard M. (1968). "Optimal Stopping in a Markov Process". The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 39 (4): 1333–1344. doi:10.1214/aoms/1177698259. ISSN 0003-4851. JSTOR 2239702.
Walker, Leroy H. (1969). "Regarding stopping rules for Brownian motion and random walks". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 75 (1): 46–50. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1969-12140-3. ISSN 0002-9904.
Häggström, Olle; Wästlund, Johan (2013). "Rigorous Computer Analysis of the Chow–Robbins Game". The American Mathematical Monthly. 120 (10): 893. arXiv:1201.0626. doi:10.4169/amer.math.monthly.120.10.893.
Christensen, Sören; Fischer, Simon (June 2022). "On the Sn/n problem". Journal of Applied Probability. 59 (2): 571–583. doi:10.1017/jpr.2021.73. ISSN 0021-9002.

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Simons, Gordon; Yao, Yi-Ching (1989-08-01). "Optimally stopping the sample mean of a Wiener process with an unknown drift". Stochastic Processes and Their Applications. 32 (2): 347–354. doi:10.1016/0304-4149(89)90084-7. ISSN 0304-4149.

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

Bruss, F. Thomas (2005). "What is known about Robbins' Problem?". Journal of Applied Probability. 42 (1): 108–120. doi:10.1239/jap/1110381374. JSTOR 30040773.
Bruss, F.Thomas; Ferguson, S. Thomas (1993). "Minimizing the expected rank with full information". Journal of Applied Probability. 30 (3): 616–626. doi:10.1007/bf02759948. ISSN 0021-9002. JSTOR 3214770.
Assaf, David; Samuel-Cahn, Ester (1996). "The secretary problem: Minimizing the expected rank with i.i.d. random variables". Advances in Applied Probability. 28 (3): 828–852. doi:10.2307/1428183. ISSN 0001-8678. JSTOR 1428183.
Bruss, F. Thomas; Swan, Yvik C. (2009). "What is known about Robbins' Problem?". Journal of Applied Probability. 46 (1): 1–18. doi:10.1239/jap/1238592113. JSTOR 30040773.
Krieger, Abba M.; Samuel-Cahn, Ester (2009). "The secretary problem of minimizing the expected rank: a simple suboptimal approach with generalization". Advances in Applied Probability. 41 (4): 1041–1058. doi:10.1239/aap/1261669585. JSTOR 27793918.
Taylor, Howard M. (1968). "Optimal Stopping in a Markov Process". The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 39 (4): 1333–1344. doi:10.1214/aoms/1177698259. ISSN 0003-4851. JSTOR 2239702.

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Häggström, Olle; Wästlund, Johan (2013). "Rigorous Computer Analysis of the Chow–Robbins Game". The American Mathematical Monthly. 120 (10): 893. arXiv:1201.0626. doi:10.4169/amer.math.monthly.120.10.893.

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Bruss, F.Thomas; Ferguson, S. Thomas (1993). "Minimizing the expected rank with full information". Journal of Applied Probability. 30 (3): 616–626. doi:10.1007/bf02759948. ISSN 0021-9002. JSTOR 3214770.
Assaf, David; Samuel-Cahn, Ester (1996). "The secretary problem: Minimizing the expected rank with i.i.d. random variables". Advances in Applied Probability. 28 (3): 828–852. doi:10.2307/1428183. ISSN 0001-8678. JSTOR 1428183.
Chow, Y. S.; Robbins, Herbert (September 1965). "On optimal stopping rules for $S_{n}/n$". Illinois Journal of Mathematics. 9 (3): 444–454. doi:10.1215/ijm/1256068146. ISSN 0019-2082.
Teicher, H.; Wolfowitz, J. (1966-12-01). "Existence of optimal stopping rules for linear and quadratic rewards". Zeitschrift für Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und Verwandte Gebiete. 5 (4): 361–368. doi:10.1007/BF00535366. ISSN 1432-2064.
Simons, Gordon; Yao, Yi-Ching (1989-08-01). "Optimally stopping the sample mean of a Wiener process with an unknown drift". Stochastic Processes and Their Applications. 32 (2): 347–354. doi:10.1016/0304-4149(89)90084-7. ISSN 0304-4149.
Shepp, L. A. (June 1969). "Explicit Solutions to Some Problems of Optimal Stopping". The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 40 (3): 993–1010. doi:10.1214/aoms/1177697604. ISSN 0003-4851.
Taylor, Howard M. (1968). "Optimal Stopping in a Markov Process". The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 39 (4): 1333–1344. doi:10.1214/aoms/1177698259. ISSN 0003-4851. JSTOR 2239702.
Walker, Leroy H. (1969). "Regarding stopping rules for Brownian motion and random walks". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 75 (1): 46–50. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1969-12140-3. ISSN 0002-9904.
Christensen, Sören; Fischer, Simon (June 2022). "On the Sn/n problem". Journal of Applied Probability. 59 (2): 571–583. doi:10.1017/jpr.2021.73. ISSN 0021-9002.

Robbins' problem (English Wikipedia)

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