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secretary problem

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables
sec-re-tary prob-lem
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The problem of selecting the best out of n applicants for a position, under the condition that all applicants are interviewed in random order, the quality of the applicants is not known before interviewing, and once rejected an applicant cannot be recalled.

Inflected Forms

secretary problems (plural)

Questions

What does secretary problem mean?
The problem of selecting the best out of n applicants for a position, under the condition that all applicants are interviewed in random order, the quality of the applicants is not known before interviewing, and once rejected an applicant cannot be recalled.

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