Decision-making and the newsvendor problem: An experimental study

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1281-1287

  Benzion, U ^a,b   Cohen, Y ^c   Peled, R ^a   Shavit, T ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b THE MAX STERN YEZREEL VALLEY COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Inventory; Learning; Management; Optimization

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; PURCHASING; STATISTICS;

BEHAVIOUR; DEMAND DISTRIBUTION; INVENTORY; LEARNING; NEWSVENDOR PROBLEM; PERISHABLE ITEMS; PURCHASE DECISION; UNCERTAIN DEMAND;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 49749137406     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602470     Document Type: Article

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