Using prices more realistically as decision variables in perishable-asset revenue management problems

Journal of Combinatorial Optimization

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-304

  Weatherford, Lawrence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross elasticity; Perishable asset revenue management; Pricing; Yield management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039802939     PISSN: 13826905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009728426728     Document Type: Article

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