Optimal market segmentation of hotel rooms - The non-linear case

Omega

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-36

  Ladany, S P ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hotel room management; Market segmentation; Segmentation pricing; Yield management

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; HOTELS; MANAGEMENT; MARKETING;

DEMAND FUNCTION; HOTEL ROOM MANAGEMENT; MARKET SEGMENTATION; NON LINEAR; OPTIMAL NUMBER; PRICING STRATEGY; SEGMENTATION PRICING; SINGLE STATE; STATE-VARIABLES; YIELD MANAGEMENT;

COSTS; HOTELS;

ALLOCATION; BENEFIT; OPTIMAL POLICY; PRICING;

EID: 0030072213     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0483(95)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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