Airline overbooking in the multi-class case

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1098-1103

  Coughlan, J ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Air transport; Overbooking; Yield management

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AIRLINE OVERBOOKING MODELS; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SEARCH ROUTINES;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033359776     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600712     Document Type: Article

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