On the Optimal Product Line Selection Problem with Price Discrimination

Management Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 896-902

  Schön, Cornelia ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binary linear fractional program; Choice based conjoint analysis; Optimal product line and price selection; Personalized pricing; Probabilistic choice model

Indexed keywords

CONJOINT ANALYSIS; LINEAR FRACTIONAL PROGRAM; PERSONALIZED PRICING; PROBABILISTIC CHOICE MODELS; PRODUCT-LINES;

COST ACCOUNTING; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY;

COSTS;

EID: 77952523400     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1160     Document Type: Article

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