Sensitivity of optimal prices to system parameters in a steady-state service facility

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 120-128

  Aktaran Kalayci, Tûba ^a   Ayhan, Hayriye ^b  

^a Predictix LLC   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Markov decision processes; Pricing; Queueing; Robustness and sensitivity analysis; Stochastic programming

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL PROCESS; ARRIVAL RATES; AVERAGE REWARD; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORTS; DYNAMIC PRICING; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; OPTIMAL POLICIES; PRICING; PRICING POLICIES; QUEUEING; QUEUEING SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERVICE RATES; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

FACILITIES;

EID: 52049121061     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.10.061     Document Type: Article

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