Suppose Alice is faced with the ski rental problem, where buying skis is 20 times more expensive

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Suppose Alice is faced with the ski rental problem, where buying skis is 20 times more expensive than renting. In this case, however, Alice notices that she has a fair coin in her pocket and is willing to consider a randomized strategy. Show that she can use her coin to come up with a strategy with an expected competitive ratio of 1.8 or better.

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Algorithm Design And Applications

ISBN: 9781118335918

1st Edition

Authors: Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia

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