Dynamic pricing in airline seat management for flights with multiple flight legs

Transportation Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 192-206

  You, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESERVATION SYSTEMS; SALES; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

AIRLINE SEAT MANAGEMENT; DISCRETE TIME STOCHASTIC PROCESS; DYNAMIC PRICING MODEL; MULTIPLE FLIGHT LEGS; TICKET BOOKING POLICY;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0032676398     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.33.2.192     Document Type: Article

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