Optimal pricing and production policies of a make-to-stock system with fluctuating demand

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-230

  Gayon, Jean Philippe ^a   Talay Deǧirmenci, Işlay ^b   Karaesmen, Fikri ^c   Örmeci, E Lerzan ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE G SCOP   (France)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

DYNAMIC PRICING; MAKE-TO-STOCK SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL PRICING; PRICING POLICY; PRICING STRATEGY; PRODUCTION INVENTORY SYSTEM; PRODUCTION POLICY; REPLENISHMENT POLICY;

COSTS;

EID: 67349257562     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: 14698951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026996480900014X     Document Type: Article

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