The newsvendor problem with unknown distribution

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1022-1031

  Benzion, U ^a   Cohen, Y ^b   Shavit, T ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c College of Management ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Behavioural operation; Demand distribution; Learning; Newsvendor problem; Purchase decision

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

BEHAVIOURAL OPERATION; DEMAND DISTRIBUTION; LEARNING; NEWSVENDOR PROBLEM; PURCHASE DECISION;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 77951943849     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2009.56     Document Type: Article

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