Are consumers strategic? Structural estimation from the air-travel industry

J Li, N Granados, S Netessine - Management Science, 2014 - pubsonline.informs.org
Consumers often consider delaying a purchase strategically, anticipating that prices might
decrease. Combining two unique data sources from the air-travel industry (posted fare data …

Assortment optimization under general choice

S Jagabathula - Available at SSRN 2512831, 2014 - papers.ssrn.com
We consider the key operational problem of optimizing the mix of offered products to
maximize revenues when product prices are exogenously set and product demand follows a …

Demand forecasting and measuring forecast accuracy in general fare structures

T Fiig, R Härdling, S Pölt, C Hopperstad - Journal of Revenue and Pricing …, 2014 - Springer
We present a forecasting methodology that enables forecasting in general fare structures
(or, equivalently, demand models), including restricted, semi-restricted, unrestricted and fare …

Data set—online pricing data for multiple US Carriers

S Mumbower, LA Garrow - Manufacturing & Service …, 2014 - pubsonline.informs.org
In this paper we describe a database of online airline prices collected from a major online
travel agent and a low-cost carrier. The database provides detailed pricing data for all …

The choice of airport, airline, and departure date and time: estimating the demand for flights

D Escobari, C Mellado - The Economics of International Airline …, 2014 - emerald.com
This chapter estimates the demand for flights in an international air travel market using a
unique dataset with detailed information not only on flight choices but also on …

On the tractability of the piecewise-linear approximation for general discrete-choice network revenue management

S Kunnumkal, KT Talluri - 2014 - repositori.upf.edu
The choice network revenue management (RM) model incorporates customer purchase
behavior as customers purchasing products with certain probabilities that are a function of …