Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
482322 European Journal of Operational Research 2007 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

This paper uses dynamic programming to investigate when contestants should use lifelines or when they should just stop answering in the TV quiz show ‘Who wants to be a millionaire?’. It obtains the optimal strategies to maximize the expected reward and to maximize the probability of winning a given amount of money.

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Dynamic programming analysis of the TV game “Who wants to be a millionaire?”
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