A theorem on the optimal allocation of effort
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Authors
Owen, Guillermo
Grofman, Bernard
Subjects
Group Decisions
Advisors
Date of Issue
1984-10
Date
Te shnical Report for Period
January 1984 - September 1984
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
A limited time budget is to be allocated to learning
several tasks, so as to maximize the probability that a majority
of these tasks will be performed correctly. It is shown that in
the symmetric linear case, it is optimal to allocate time
equally among k of the tasks, where k is at least a majority,
but may be more, depending on the actual time available. In
particular, time is allocated to all tasks if there is not much time available, but to only a majority of the tasks if the
available amount of time is reasonably great.
Type
Technical Report
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NPS Report Number
NPS-53-85-0003
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