Airline seat allocation competition

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-459

  Li, Michael Z F ^a   Zhang, Anming ^b   Zhang, Yimin ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

Author keywords

Airline rivalry; Inventory competition; Seat allocation game; Yield management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449660946     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2008.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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