Investigating the impacts of dynamic pricing and price-sensitive demand on an inventory system in the presence of supply disruptions

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1809-1819

  Chen, Yuerong ^a   Wang, Shengyong ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER DEMANDS; DYNAMIC PRICING; FIXED PERIOD; INVENTORY LEVELS; INVENTORY POLICIES; INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; MACHINE BREAKDOWN; MARKETING TOOLS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERIODIC REVIEW; PRICE-SENSITIVE DEMAND; PRODUCT INVENTORY; SUPPLY DISRUPTION;

DISASTERS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PROFITABILITY; SALES;

COSTS;

EID: 79951665861     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2010.5678890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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