Priority Assignment Under Imperfect Information on Customer Type Identities

Nilay Tanık Argon
Nilay Tanık Argon
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Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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Serhan Ziya
Serhan Ziya
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Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599

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Serhan Ziya

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Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599

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Published Online:10 Feb 2009https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.1080.0246

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Received:June 28, 2007
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