A duopoly model with heterogeneous congestion-sensitive customers

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 445-467

  Mandjes, Michel ^a,b   Timmer, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b CWI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congestion; Duopoly; Game theory; Pricing; Quality of service differentiation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; GAME THEORY; MARKETING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

DUOPOLY; PRICING; QUALITY-OF-SERVICE DIFFERENTIATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33748971528     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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