Modeling the transient nature of dynamic pricing with demand learning in a competitive environment

International Series in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 102, Issue , 2007, Pages 223-267

  Kachani, Soulaymane ^a   Perakis, Georgia ^b   Simon, Carine ^c  

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand learning; Dynamic pricing; Game theory; Variational inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955116777     PISSN: 08848289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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