Optimal Sequential Selection of a Unimodal Subsequence of a Random Sequence

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2011-08-12

arxiv.org/abs/1108.2633v2

Combinatorics, Probability and Computing (2011) 20, 799--814

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Probability

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10.1017/S0963548311000411

We consider the problem of selecting sequentially a unimodal subsequence from a sequence of independent identically distributed random variables, and we find that a person doing optimal sequential selection does within a factor of the square root of two as well as a prophet who knows all of the random observations in advance of any selections. Our analysis applies in fact to selections of subsequences that have d+1 monotone blocks, and, by including the case d=0, our analysis also covers monotone subsequences.

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