The value of dynamic pricing for cores in remanufacturing with backorders

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1314-1326

  Xiong, Y ^a,b   Li, G ^c  

^a CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dynamic pricing; Markov decision process; product acquisition; remanufacturing

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; MARKOV PROCESSES; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

CONTINUOUS TIME MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; DYNAMIC PRICING; INFINITE HORIZON PROBLEMS; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; PRODUCT ACQUISITION; REMANUFACTURED PRODUCTS; REMANUFACTURING; UNCERTAIN SUPPLIES;

COSTS;

EID: 84878017112     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2012.124     Document Type: Article

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