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Wald for non-stopping times: The rewards of impatient prophets
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Holroyd, A. E. (författare)
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Peres, Y. (författare)
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- Steif, Jeffrey, 1960 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för matematiska vetenskaper, matematik,Department of Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics,Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology,University of Gothenburg
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- 2014
- 2014
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Electronic Communications in Probability. - 1083-589X. ; 19, s. 1-9
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Abstract
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- Let X-1 , X-2 , ... be independent identically distributed nonnegative random variables. Wald's identity states that the random sum S-T := X-1 + ... + X-T has expectation ET . EX1 provided T is a stopping time. We prove here that for any 1 < alpha <= 2, if T is an arbitrary nonnegative random variable, then S-T has finite expectation provided that X-1 has finite alpha-moment and T has finite 1/(alpha - 1)-moment. We also prove a variant in which T is assumed to have a finite exponential moment. These moment conditions are sharp in the sense that for any i.i.d. sequence X-i violating them, there is a T satisfying the given condition for which S-T (and, in fact, X-T) has infinite expectation. An interpretation is given in terms of a prophet being more rewarded than a gambler when a certain impatience restriction is imposed.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Matematik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Mathematics (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Wald's identity
- stopping time
- moment condition
- prophet inequality
- Wald's identity
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