Analysis of Las Vegas Strip casino hotel capacity: An inventory model for optimization

Tourism Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-314

  Gu, Zheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Casino hotel; Inventory model; Las Vegas; Optimal capacity

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

LAS VEGAS; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042815150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(02)00073-0     Document Type: Article

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