题名

Optimal Decision for the Squash Player

DOI

10.29973/JCSA.200403.0006

作者

Jan Večeř

关键词

Markov chains ; optimal control ; squash game

期刊名称

中國統計學報

卷期/出版年月

42卷1期(2004 / 03 / 01)

页次

91 - 98

内容语文

英文

英文摘要

The player of squash has a choice between wo options when his/her opponent changes the score from 8:7 to 8:8. The player to receive has to decide whether to play until 9th or until 10th point. We observe in this paper that the score of the squash game can be modelled as a Markov chain. Thus using standard techniques of Markov processes, we can derive the optimal strategy for the squash player.

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参考文献
  1. World Squash Singles Rules
  2. Lawler, G(1995).Introduction to Stochastic Processes.Chapman & Hall.