Dynamic pricing and inventory control of substitute products

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-339

  Dong, Lingxiu ^a   Kouvelis, Panos ^a   Tian, Zhongjun ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic pricing; Inventory control; Multinomial logit model; Substitute products

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CONSUMER CHOICE; CUSTOMER ARRIVALS; DRIVING FORCES; DYNAMIC PRICING; INVENTORY DECISIONS; INVENTORY DEPLETION; INVENTORY LEVELS; LEADTIME; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPTIMAL DYNAMIC PRICING; PRICING SCHEME; PRICING STRATEGY; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; SUBSTITUTE PRODUCTS; TESTING CASE;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; SALES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COSTS;

EID: 67649982772     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1080.0221     Document Type: Article

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