Dynamic pricing models for used products in remanufacturing with lost-sales and uncertain quality

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 147, Issue PART C, 2014, Pages 678-688

  Xiong, Yu ^a,c   Li, Gendao ^b,c   Zhou, Yu ^d   Fernandes, Kiran ^e   Harrison, Richard ^f   Xiong, Zhongkai ^f  

^a CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic pricing; Markov decision process; Remanufacturing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENT; CONTINUOUS-TIME MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; DYNAMIC PRICING; DYNAMIC PRICING MODELS; DYNAMIC PRICING POLICIES; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; QUALITY UNCERTAINTY; REMANUFACTURING;

COSTS; MARKOV PROCESSES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84889882869     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.04.025     Document Type: Article

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