A revenue management model for sea cargo

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-222

  Lee, L H ^a   Chew, E P ^a   Sim, M S ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Liner industry; Postponement; Revenue management; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649422712     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2009.026535     Document Type: Article

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