The exponomial choice model: A new alternative for assortment and price optimization

Operations Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 79-93

  Alptekinoglu, Aydin ^a   Semple, John H ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortment planning; Discrete choice theory; Multinomial logit; Nested logit; Pricing; Revenue management; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

ASSORTMENT PLANNING; DISCRETE CHOICE THEORIES; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT; NESTED LOGIT; REVENUE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

COSTS;

EID: 84959305672     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.2015.1459     Document Type: Article

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