Design of discrete Dutch auctions with an uncertain number of bidders

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 255-272

  Li, Zhen ^b   Kuo, Ching Chung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete bid; Dutch auction; Non linear programming; Poisson arrival; Revenue maximization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890125793     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-013-1331-6     Document Type: Article

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