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Best choice from the planar Poisson process

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Various best-choice problems related to the planar homogeneous Poisson process in a finite or semi-infinite rectangle are studied. The analysis is largely based on the properties of the one-dimensional box-area process associated with the sequence of records. We prove a series of distributional identities involving exponential and uniform random variables, and give a resolution to the Petruccelli-Porosinski-Samuels paradox on the coincidence of asymptotic values in certain discrete-time optimal stopping problems.

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  • Gnedin, A.V.Alexander V., 2004. "Best choice from the planar Poisson process," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 111(2), pages 317-354, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spapps:v:111:y:2004:i:2:p:317-354
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