Non-cooperative competition among revenue maximizing service providers with demand learning

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 981-996

  Kwon, Changhyun ^a   Friesz, Terry L ^a   Mookherjee, Reetabrata ^b   Yao, Tao ^a   Feng, Baichun ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Zilliant Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand learning; Differential games; Kalman filters; Pricing; Revenue management

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; CURVE FITTING; ECONOMICS; KALMAN FILTERS; MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

CONTINUOUS-TIME; DECISION ENVIRONMENTS; DEMAND CURVES; DEMAND LEARNING; DIFFERENTIAL GAMES; DIFFERENTIAL VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES; DISCRETE TIME; ESTIMATES OF PARAMETERS; EVOLUTIONARY GAME THEORIES; GAP FUNCTIONS; NON COOPERATIVES; PRICING; REVENUE MANAGEMENT; REVENUE MAXIMIZING; REVENUE OPTIMIZATIONS; SERVICE PROVIDERS; UNOBSERVABLE;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 61849180354     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.12.041     Document Type: Article

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