CHAP_STOPPING
Knowing When to Stop

• chap_stopping.tex, Chapter: "Knowing when to Stop"
• high_card_estimated.m, a MATLAB function to estimate the chances of success in a high card game with n cards, by skipping the first k cards.
• high_card_estimated.png, estimated probabilities for the high card problem, with a deck of 100.
• high_card_estimated_call.m, a MATLAB script that calls high_card_estimated to tabulate the winning probability for all skipping values.
• high_card_exact.m, a MATLAB function to compute the exact chances of success in a high card game with n cards, by skipping the first k cards.
• high_card_exact.png, exact probabilities for the high card problem, with a deck of 100.
• optimal_love.png, an illustration of the problem of picking the best of 100 possible marriage mates;