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
747-750
Thomas, L.C.
a3ce3068-328b-4bce-889f-965b0b9d2362
2003
Thomas, L.C.
a3ce3068-328b-4bce-889f-965b0b9d2362
Thomas, L.C.
(2003)
The best banking strategy when playing The Weakest Link.
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 54 (7), .
(doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601567).
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: 2003
Keywords:
dynamic programming, recreation
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Local EPrints ID: 35851
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/35851
ISSN: 0160-5682
PURE UUID: 414992fc-6921-4f9d-8c3d-ca525328322a
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Date deposited: 22 May 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 07:54
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