This might be a reading comprehension problem on my part, but I couldn’t find the objective explicitly stated. Is the objective to maximize the probability of successfully retrieving all 3 fragments? or to maximize the expected number of fragments retrieved?
You’re right, I didn’t make that explicit, this is a good question to ask. The objective is the first—the fragments are useless on their own, your win rate is the probability of getting all three.
So a 50% chance of each fragment is better than guaranteed success on two and guaranteed failure on the third.
This might be a reading comprehension problem on my part, but I couldn’t find the objective explicitly stated. Is the objective to maximize the probability of successfully retrieving all 3 fragments? or to maximize the expected number of fragments retrieved?
You’re right, I didn’t make that explicit, this is a good question to ask. The objective is the first—the fragments are useless on their own, your win rate is the probability of getting all three.
So a 50% chance of each fragment is better than guaranteed success on two and guaranteed failure on the third.