More on secretary/marriage/sultan's dowry problem? It is so cool

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The discussion centers on the Secretary Problem, a well-known mathematical problem that provides a strategy for selecting the best candidate from a pool of applicants. The optimal strategy involves sampling approximately n/e candidates, where n represents the total number of applicants. Participants express interest in the mathematical field related to this problem, specifically stochastic processes and probability theory. The conversation highlights the engaging nature of this problem and its applications in decision-making scenarios.

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I've just learned to solve this problem and had such a good time! This is the very well-problem that says that if you want to hire the best secretary for a job you should take a sample of about n/e secreatries and them choose the best that appears to you starting from your sample:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem

What is the field of math that studies this kind of problems? Is it Stochastic processes? Where can I learn more?
 
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It looks like probability. What is n?
 
the number of people that applied to the job.
 

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