- Title
- Surprise maximization
- Creator
- Borwein, D.; Borwein, J. M.; Maréchal, P.
- Relation
- American Mathematical Monthly Vol. 107, Issue 6, p. 517-527
- Relation
- http://www.maa.org/pubs/monthly.html
- Publisher
- Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2000
- Description
- An examination and solution of the optimization problems arising from an information theoretic avoidance of the "surprise examination" paradox is provided. The problems provide an application of the Kuhn-Tucker theory and various classical inequalities and estimation techniques.
- Subject
- optimization; mathematical analysis; solutions
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/940167
- Identifier
- uon:12962
- Identifier
- ISSN:0002-9890
- Language
- eng
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