Robust Assortment Optimization in Revenue Management Under the Multinomial Logit Choice Model

Paat Rusmevichientong
Paat Rusmevichientong
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Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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Huseyin Topaloglu
Huseyin Topaloglu
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School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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Paat Rusmevichientong

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Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089

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Huseyin Topaloglu

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School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

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Published Online:2 Aug 2012https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.1120.1063

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