Dynamic pricing of information products based on reinforcement learning: A yield-management approach

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2479, Issue , 2002, Pages 51-66

  Schwind, Michael ^a   Wendt, Oliver ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MACHINE LEARNING; NEURAL NETWORKS;

ADAPTIVE PRICING; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AUTOMATED INFORMATION; COMPUTING RESOURCE; ECONOMIC RESEARCH; INFORMATION PRODUCTION; INFORMATION PRODUCTS; YIELD MANAGEMENT;

REINFORCEMENT LEARNING;

EID: 84948420557     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45751-8_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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