1. Brooks, S. H.: A discussion of random methods for seeking maxima. Operational Research6, 244–255 (1958).
2. David, H. A.: Order statistics. New York: J. Wiley 1981.
3. Engineering and scientific subroutine library. Guide and reference, IBM Third edition, 1987.
4. Galambos, J.: The asymptotic theory of extreme order statistics. New York: J. Wiley 1978.
5. Huynh, H. N., Kumar, S., Connell, H. J.: Random search methods for integer programming, Proc. Int. Conf. Optimization Techn. and Appl., edited by Teo K. L. et al., National Univ. of Singapore, 601–610, 1987.