English

The Temp Secretary Problem

Data Structures and Algorithms 2015-07-09 v2

Abstract

We consider a generalization of the secretary problem where contracts are temporary, and for a fixed duration. This models online hiring of temporary employees, or online auctions for re-usable resources. The problem is related to the question of Finding a large independent set in a random unit interval graph.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1507.01732,
  title  = {The Temp Secretary Problem},
  author = {Amos Fiat and Ilia Gorelik and Haim Kaplan and Slava Novgorodov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.01732},
  year   = {2015}
}
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