Research on pricing policies for seasonal goods based on optimal controltheory

ICIC Express Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1333-1338

  Tang, Lei ^a   Zhao, Lin Du ^a   Guo, Jie ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Maximum principle; Optimal control theory; Pricing policies; Seasonal goods

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PRICING; EFFECTIVE DYNAMICS; FRESH FOOD; INVENTORY COSTS; MARKET DEMAND; OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY; PRICING FUNCTION; PRICING METHODS; PRICING POLICIES; PRICING POLICY; RETAIL INDUSTRY;

CONTROL; CONTROL THEORY; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; SYSTEM THEORY;

COSTS;

EID: 77953898565     PISSN: 1881803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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