Counteracting strategic consumer behavior in dynamic pricing systems

International Series in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 131, Issue , 2009, Pages 323-352

  Aviv, Yossi ^a   Levin, Yuri ^b   Nediak, Mikhail ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84954569827     PISSN: 08848289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-98026-3_12     Document Type: Chapter

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