The best banking strategy when playing the Weakest Link
The best banking strategy when playing the Weakest Link
The paper uses dynamic programming to investigate when contestants should bank their current winnings in the TV quiz show , the Weakest Link. It obtains the optimal strategy for the team as a whole and then looks at two possible reasons why the contestants tend to use other strategies in reality.
dynamic programming, recreation
University of Southampton
Thomas, L.C.
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2002
Thomas, L.C.
a3ce3068-328b-4bce-889f-965b0b9d2362
Thomas, L.C.
(2002)
The best banking strategy when playing the Weakest Link
(Discussion Papers in Management, M02-6)
Southampton, UK.
University of Southampton
13pp.
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Abstract
The paper uses dynamic programming to investigate when contestants should bank their current winnings in the TV quiz show , the Weakest Link. It obtains the optimal strategy for the team as a whole and then looks at two possible reasons why the contestants tend to use other strategies in reality.
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Published date: 2002
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ISSN 1356-3548
Keywords:
dynamic programming, recreation
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Local EPrints ID: 36127
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/36127
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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 07:55
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L.C. Thomas
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