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The likely antecedents of improbable events: optimal search strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

A. M. Fink  and
L. Bass
A. M. Fink
Affiliation:
Permanent address: Mathematics Department, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
L. Bass
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, University of Queensland, Australia
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Abstract

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We use the “Brownian Bridge” of Schrödinger to model a statistical search problem in which the initial and final distributions of a random motion are given. We raise the question of how to use this information to optimally reconstruct a likely past event.

Type
Research Article
Information
The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , January 1993 , pp. 257 - 273
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1993

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