Bundle pricing of inventories with stochastic demand

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 897-911

  Bulut, Zümbül ^a   Gürler, Ülkü ^b   Şen, Alper ^b  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bundling; Pricing; Revenue management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SALES;

BIVARIATE; BUNDLE PRICING; BUNDLING; BUNDLING STRATEGIES; EXPECTED REVENUES; FINITE HORIZONS; INVENTORY LEVELS; PERISHABLE PRODUCTS; PRICE CHANGES; PRICING; PRODUCT PRICES; RESERVATION PRICES; REVENUE MANAGEMENT; SALES STRATEGIES; STOCHASTIC DEMANDS;

COSTS;

EID: 61849091967     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.09.106     Document Type: Article

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