Simple policies for dynamic pricing with imperfect forecasts

Operations Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 612-624

  Chen, Yiwei ^a   Farias, Vivek F ^b  

^a Renmin University of China   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis of algorithms; Dynamic programming; Optimal control; Suboptimal algorithms

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC PRICING; FORECAST INFORMATION; IMPERFECT FORECASTS; MARKET CONDITION; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PRICING POLICY; SUB-OPTIMAL ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FORECASTING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84880066655     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.2013.1166     Document Type: Article

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