Optimal admission and pricing control problem with deterministic service times and sideline profit

Queueing Systems

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 71-85

  Son, Jae Dong ^a  

^a Soongsil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Admission control; Deterministic service; Pricing control; Queueing; Sideline profit

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; PROFITABILITY; SALES; SERVICE INDUSTRY;

DETERMINISTIC SERVICE; DISCRETE TIME; OPTIMAL POLICIES; PRICING CONTROL; QUEUEING; SECOND CLASS; SERVICE TIME; TWO CLASSES OF CUSTOMERS;

COSTS;

EID: 54949157395     PISSN: 02570130     EISSN: 15729443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11134-008-9087-4     Document Type: Article

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