Modeling the search for the least costly opportunity

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 667-674

  Grosfeld Nir, Abraham ^a,b   Sarne, David ^c   Spiegler, Israel ^b  

^a ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF TEL AVIV YAFFO   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Comparison shopping agents; Optimal stopping rule; Search theory

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; SALES;

ANALYTIC FORMULAS; ARBITRARY SAMPLES; COMPARISON SHOPPING AGENTS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; CONTROL LIMITS; DECISION VARIABLES; EXPECTED COSTS; GROWING DEMANDS; INFINITE HORIZONS; OPTIMAL POLICIES; OPTIMAL STOPPING RULE; SAMPLE SIZES; SEARCH COSTS; SEARCH MODELS; SEARCH THEORY;

COSTS;

EID: 60649086362     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.07.036     Document Type: Article

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