A nonparametric joint assortment and price choice model

Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 3128-3145

  Jagabathula, Srikanth ^a   Rusmevichientong, Paat ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Joint assortment and price optimization; Nonparametric choice models; Transaction data

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY;

BUSINESS CONSTRAINTS; CHOICE MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL BURDEN; EM ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION AND DECISIONS; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PRICING STRUCTURES; TRANSACTION DATA;

COSTS;

EID: 85028967250     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2016.2491     Document Type: Article

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