@article{optimalstoppingvsbestofnforinferencetime,
  title = {Optimal Stopping vs Best-of-$N$ for Inference Time Optimization},
  author = {Yusuf Kalayci and Vinod Raman and Shaddin Dughmi},
  year = {2025},
  eprint = {2510.01394},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01394},
}