Literature Review -- Model Description -- Model Properties -- Numerical Study -- Conclusion -- Statistical Distributions -- Supplement to Performance Variability Limitation -- Supplement to Mean-Variance Update -- Program Listing.

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Here, two highly experienced authors present an alternative approach to optimal stopping problems. The basic ideas and techniques of the approach can be explained much simpler than the standard methods in the literature on optimal stopping problems. The monograph will teach the reader to apply...

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