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13 Mar 2012: Applications of this course are to be found in science, economics and engineering (e.g., "insects as optimizers", "planning for retirement", "finding a parking space", "optimal gambling" and "steering a space

16 Mar 2012: In Section 4.3 (optimal gambling) we saw that timid play is optimal in the gambling problem when the game is favorable to the gambler (p>=0.5).

4 Sep 2012: This fact is proved in the Part II course Optimization and Control (see Section 4.3 "Optimal gambling" in the Optimization and Control course notes.) Part of that course is about ... Question #14 on the examples sheet extends the idea of a gambling game

21 Mar 2012: 13. 4.2 Characterization of the optimal policy. 13. 4.3 Example: optimal gambling. ... Either way, we have F(π, x) F(π′, x). 13. 4.3 Example: optimal gambling.