Optimizing multinomial logit profit functions

Management Science

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 992-1003

  Hanson, Ward ^a   Martin, Kipp ^a  

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Author keywords

Logit; Optimization; Pricing; Product Line Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004458531     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.42.7.992     Document Type: Article

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