 Rewarded Bayesian box search Bellman equation (source code)

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= Rewarded Bayesian box search Bellman equation

If discovery in box $i$ earns reward $R_i$ and stopping earns zero, the <Bellman equation> is
$$
V(p)=\max\left\{0,
\max_i\left[-c_i+\alpha_ip_iR_i
+(1-\alpha_ip_i)V(p^{(i)})\right]\right\}.
$$
If $\sum_i c_i/(\alpha_iR_i)<1$, every posterior state has some $i$ with $\alpha_ip_iR_i>c_i$, so stopping is never optimal.

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