A Stochastic Knapsack Game: Revenue Management in Competitions
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We study a mathematical model for revenue management under competition with multiple sellers. The model combines the stochastic knapsack problem, a classic revenue management model, with a non coorperative game model that characterizes the sellers' rational behavior. We are able to establish a dynamic recursive procedure that incorporate the value function with the utility function of the games. The formalization of the dynamic recursion allows us to establish some fundamental structural properties.
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