E-commerce and operations research in airline planning, marketing, and distribution

Interfaces

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 37-55

  Smith, Barry C ^a   Günther, Dirk P ^b   Rao, B Venkateshwara ^b   Ratliff, Richard M ^b  

^a Research Group   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040030247     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.31.2.37.10627     Document Type: Article

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