A micro-simulation approach for Airline Competition Analysis and Demand Modelling

International Journal of Revenue Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-306

  Abdelghany, Ahmed ^a   Abdelghany, Khaled ^b  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

airline competition; discrete choice models; revenue management; ticket distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149138670     PISSN: 14747332     EISSN: 17418186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRM.2008.020626     Document Type: Article

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