Dynamic pricing and inventory control: Uncertainty and competition

Operations Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-302

  Adida, Elodie ^a   Perakis, Georgia ^b  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic pricing; Game theory; Normalized Nash equilibrium; Optimization under uncertainty; Robust optimizations

Indexed keywords

BACKORDERS; CONTINUOUS TIME; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; DYNAMIC PRICING; FLUID MODELS; INVENTORY AND PRODUCTION; KEY PARTS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; MAKE-TO-STOCK; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; MULTIPLE PRODUCTS; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; OPTIMIZATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; TIME DEPENDENT;

COMPETITION; GAME THEORY; INVENTORY CONTROL; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMAS;

COSTS;

EID: 77951183572     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1090.0718     Document Type: Article

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