Discrete-time multiparameter fractional optimal stopping problems
*Teruo TanakaCorresponding authorteruo@hiroshima-cu.ac.jpDepartment of Systems EngineeringGraduate School of Information Sciences3-4-1, OzukahigashiHiroshima City UniversityAsaminami-ku, Hiroshima, 731-3194, JapanView full profile →
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- Received:
- 08 Jun 2022
- Accepted:
- 08 Nov 2022
- Published Online:
- 23 Jan 2026
- Article type:
- Research Article
- Language:
- EN
- Article no.:
- JIOS-1327
- Pages:
- 1213–1221
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