Optimality of randomized trunk reservation for a problem with multiple constraints

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-200

  Fan Orzechowski, Xiaofei ^a   Feinberg, Eugene A ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

AVERAGE REWARD; K CONSTRAINTS; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MULTIPLE CONSTRAINT; OPTIMAL POLICIES; REWARDS AND PENALTIES; SEVERAL CUSTOMER TYPES; TRUNK RESERVATIONS;

SALES;

EID: 33947546944     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: 14698951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026996480707012X     Document Type: Article

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