Multiproduct price optimization and competition under the nested logit model with product-differentiated price sensitivities

Operations Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 450-461

  Gallego, Guillermo ^a   Wang, Ruxian ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SALES;

COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS; MULTI-PRODUCT PRICE OPTIMIZATIONS; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL; NESTED LOGIT MODEL; PRICE COMPETITION; PURCHASING DECISIONS; SUBSTITUTABLE PRODUCTS; UNIMODAL FUNCTIONS;

COSTS;

EID: 84899570829     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.2013.1249     Document Type: Article

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