Assortment Optimization Under Consider-Then-Choose Choice Models

Ali Aouad
Ali Aouad
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London Business School, London NW1 4SA, United Kingdom;
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Vivek Farias
Vivek Farias
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Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Retsef Levi
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Retsef Levi
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Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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London Business School, London NW1 4SA, United Kingdom;

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Vivek Farias

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Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Retsef Levi

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Retsef Levi

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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1994-4875

Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Published Online:6 Oct 2020https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2020.3681

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