This paper considers a stochastic shortest path problem where the arc lengths are independent random variables following a normal distribution. In this problem, the optimal path is one that maximizes ...

Dorte Kronborg, Peter Aaby, Piecewise Comparison of Survival Functions in Stratified Proportional Hazards Models, Biometrics, Vol. 46, No. 2 (Jun., 1990), pp. 375-380 ...