The benefits of optimizing prices to manage demand in hotel revenue management systems

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 502-518

  Baker, Timothy K ^a,b,c   Collier, David A ^d,e  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Pricing; Service operations; Simulation; Yield management

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644277873     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2003.tb00217.x     Document Type: Article

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