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http://dx.doi.org/10.7737/KMSR.2013.30.1.001

Simulation Experimental Analysis on a Seat Inventory Control Problem for Sequential Multiple Flights with Customer Choice Behavior  

Park, Changkyu (울산대학교 경영대학 경영학부)
Seo, Junyong (울산대학교 경영대학 경영학부)
Hong, Yunsook (울산대학교 경영대학 경영학부)
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Korean Management Science Review / v.30, no.1, 2013 , pp. 1-14 More about this Journal
Abstract
We conduct the future studies suggested by Park and Seo [3]. They considered a seat inventory control problem in which flights depart sequentially during a similar time-interval and passengers purchase available seats depending on individual customer choice behavior. Customer choice behavior can lead to one among a horizontal shift, a diversion-up, and a booking loss when a desired fare class is unavailable. We investigate how seat availability calculation method, booking limit control mechanism, seat inventory capacity, number of booking class, type of seat demand influence on revenues in an airline industry through thorough computer simulation experiments.
Keywords
Seat Inventory Control; Revenue Management; Customer Behavior; Heuristic Algorithm; Airlines;
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