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Wudi@feddit.uk to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago

Scientists uncover Feynman’s formula for finding best holiday restaurant

www.theguardian.com

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Scientists uncover Feynman’s formula for finding best holiday restaurant

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Wudi@feddit.uk to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago
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Late physicist turned issue of when to stop searching for a better place to eat into mathematical problem
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    I’d be surprised if Feymnan found anything really new about this problem. There’s a large body of theory about it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimal_stopping

    Related: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandit_problem

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