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Optimal stopping of random sequences and processes

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The optimal stopping problem can be considered for nearly any stochastic process, and its formulation will be similar in each case. But its solution will be relatively simple only for a few processes. One class of such processes consists of discrete-time Markov chains.

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Gusak, D., Kukush, A., Kulik, A., Mishura, Y., Pilipenko, A. (2010). Optimal stopping of random sequences and processes. In: Theory of Stochastic Processes. Problem Books in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-87862-1_15

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