Optimal pricing and advertising in a durable-good duopoly

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 486-497

  Krishnamoorthy, Anand ^a   Prasad, Ashutosh ^b   Sethi, Suresh P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Differential games; Dynamic programming; Game theory; Marketing

Indexed keywords

CLOSED FORM SOLUTIONS; COMPARATIVE STATICS; DIFFERENTIAL GAME THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL GAMES; DYNAMIC PRICE; INFINITE HORIZONS; PRICING POLICY;

COMPETITION; COSTS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MARKETING; OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 69249205616     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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