List by Author: Jochen Blath and Peter Mörters
Backgammon, doubling the stakes, and Brownian motionBackgammon is said to be one of the oldest games in the world. In this article, Jochen Blath and Peter Mörters discuss one particularly interesting aspect of the game - the doubling cube. They show how a model using Brownian motion can help a player to decide when to double or accept a double.
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