APPLICATIONS OF DETERMINISTIC OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES TO SOME PROBABILISTIC CHOICE MODELS FOR PRODUCT PRICING USING RESERVATION PRICES

作者：Shioda R; Tuncel L^*; Hui B

来源：Pacific Journal of Optimization, 2014, 10(4): 767-808.

• mixed integer programming
• optimal product pricing
• global optimization
• probabilistic choice models
• second order cone

We consider revenue management models for pricing a product line with several customer segments, working under the assumption that every customer segment%26apos;s product choice is determined entirely by their reservation price. We model the customer choice behavior by several probabilistic choice models and formulate the resulting problems as mixed-integer programming problems. We study special properties of these formulations and compare the resulting optimal prices of the different probabilistic choice models. We also explore some heuristics and valid inequalities to improve the running time of the mixed-integer programming problems. We illustrate the computational results of our models on real and generated customer data taken from a company in the tourism sector.

• 出版日期2014-10