Optimal Gambling and Investment Systems Under Discounting and Disbursement.

Abstract

Optimal gambling systems are investigated for games which incur either discounting or disbursement of money. The author studies simple coin tossing games, where the gambler wins his wager with probability p and loses it with probability q = 1 - p, and stock market options. The author develops the necessary criteria for the games to be favorable and the optimal strategies for a number of different objectives. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0774307

Entities

People

  • Barry A. Pasternack

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Business Administration
  • Disbursements
  • Economics
  • Gambling
  • Investments
  • Money
  • Probability
  • Social Sciences

Fields of Study

  • Economics

Readers

  • Game Theory.
  • Systems Analysis and Design