Modeling bounded rationality in capacity allocation games with the quantal response equilibrium

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1952-1962

  Chen, Yefen ^a   Su, Xuanming ^b   Zhao, Xiaobo ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Capacity allocation; Nash equilibrium; Quantal response equilibrium; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL THEORY; BOUNDED RATIONALITY; CAPACITY ALLOCATION; ESTIMATE MODEL; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; NASH EQUILIBRIA; OPTIMIZERS; QUANTAL RESPONSE; REPEATED GAMES;

GAME THEORY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

SALES;

EID: 84867526360     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1531     Document Type: Article

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