Style goods pricing with demand learning

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1058-1075

  Şen, Alper ^a   Zhang, Alex X ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand learning; Dynamic pricing; Pricing; Revenue management

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COSTS; EDUCATION; MANAGEMENT; SALES;

APPAREL INDUSTRIES; BAYESIAN MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DEMAND LEARNING; DYNAMIC PRICING; FINITE HORIZONS; GLOBAL SOURCING; PERIODIC PRICING; PRICE ADJUSTMENTS; PRICE SENSITIVITIES; PRICING; REVENUE MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 58849113502     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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