Uncertain search with knowledge transfer

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: HUH, Woonghee Tim, KIM, Michael Jong, LIN, Meichun
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• الموضوعات: Sequential search; Dynamic programming; Bayesian updating; Applied Behavior Analysis; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/7613; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/8612/viewcontent/Uncertain_Search_Paper__1_.pdf

We consider a sequential search over a group of similar alternatives. The individual value of an alternative contains two components, an observable utility and an idiosyncratic value. Observable utilities share an unknown population distribution, which captures the similarity across the alternatives...