Optimal Policies for Parallel Search and Information        Gathering
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The purpose of this project is to analyze formal decision-models                in terms of determining optimum decision rules when a number of                 projects can be undertaken simultaneously.  This research is                    important because the findings will have a number of useful                     applications in economics.  Almost all problems in search theory,               dynamic allocation, and many information gathering problems can                 be analyzed in terms of the models to be developed and analyzed.                For example, some of the applications include choosing                          technologies to develop products on the part of manufacturing                   firms, job search decisions confronted by workers, price search                 problems faced by consumers, exploration strategies for finding                 mineral and fossil fuel deposits, and investment decision making.                                                                                               The main objective of this study is to model and understand the                 parallel selection of projects.  Previous studies have considered               only the single project selection case.  However, in most real                  world situations the decision maker is faced with the problem of                parallel project choice.  This research will study and determine                the optimum strategies for the decision maker facing the problem                of selecting parallel projects.
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