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Survey Paper—Airline Yield Management An Overview of Seat Inventory Control

Peter P. Belobaba
Peter P. Belobaba
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Peter P. Belobaba

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Published Online:1 May 1987https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.21.2.63

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