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A theorem is stated giving conditions under which the optimal allocation of a scarce resource between different tasks of uncertain characteristics is expressible by a priority index. When this can be done the problem is much simpler. The paper aims to give an overview of the kind of situations in which such a result does or does not hold, and the mathematical treatment is informal. Applications are described to priority queues, chemical research, search procedures, and the two-armed bandit problem.
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Gittins, J., Nash, P. (1977). Scheduling, Queues and Dynamic Allocation Indices. In: Kožešnik, J. (eds) Transactions of the Seventh Prague Conference on Information Theory, Statistical Decision Functions, Random Processes and of the 1974 European Meeting of Statisticians. Transactions of the Seventh Prague Conference on Information Theory, Statistical Decision Functions, Random Processes and of the 1974 European Meeting of Statisticians, vol 7A. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9910-3_20
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