Optimal dynamic assortment planning with demand learning

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 387-404

  Sauré, Denis ^a   Zeevi, Assaf ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortment planning; Demand learning; Online algorithm

Indexed keywords

ASSORTMENT PLANNING; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; DEMAND LEARNING; EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION; ON-LINE ALGORITHMS; PRIORI INFORMATION; PURCHASE DECISION; SALIENT FEATURES;

EXPERIMENTS; SALES;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84881278992     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.2013.0429     Document Type: Article

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