Restaurant revenue management at chevys: Determining the best table mix

Decision Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-392

  Kimes, Sheryl E ^a   Thompson, Gary M ^a  

^a 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity Planning; Case Study; Revenue Management; Service Operations; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444460777     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0011-7315.2004.02531.x     Document Type: Article

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