# Submodular Secretary Problem with Shortlists

@article{Agrawal2019SubmodularSP,
title={Submodular Secretary Problem with Shortlists},
journal={ArXiv},
year={2019},
volume={abs/1809.05082}
}
• Published 13 September 2018
• Computer Science
• ArXiv
In submodular $k$-secretary problem, the goal is to select $k$ items in a randomly ordered input so as to maximize the expected value of a given monotone submodular function on the set of selected items. In this paper, we introduce a relaxation of this problem, which we refer to as submodular $k$-secretary problem with shortlists. In the proposed problem setting, the algorithm is allowed to choose more than $k$ items as part of a shortlist. Then, after seeing the entire input, the algorithm can…

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