An optimal policy for joint dynamic price and lead-time quotation
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Operations Research
Publication Date
11-1-2011
Volume
59
Issue
6
First Page
1523
Last Page
1527
Keywords
Dynamic pricing, Lead-time quotation, Threshold policy
Abstract
For a dynamic joint price and lead-time quotation problem with a fairly general demand function, we show that the policy consisting of a threshold and a reward-maximizing lead-time is optimal. This policy offers some interesting managerial insights. Under this policy, finding the exact optimal quotation can be accomplished by single-variable policy iterations of unimodal value functions.
DOI
10.1287/opre.1110.0969
Print ISSN
0030364X
E-ISSN
15265463
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Feng, J., Liu, L., & Liu, X. (2011). An optimal policy for joint dynamic price and lead-time quotation. Operations research, 59(6), 1523-1527. doi: 10.1287/opre.1110.0969