Risk-Averse Capacity Control in Revenue Management
“If necessity is the mother of invention, then deregulation is the father, and r- enue management (also known as yield management) is the couple’s golden child – at least as far as operations research is concerned.” (Horner, 2000, p. 47) Deregulation had
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Risk-Averse Capacity Control in Revenue Management
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Christiane Barz Universität Karlsruhe (TH) Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften Kaiserstraße 12 76128 Karlsruhe Germany [email protected]
Dissertation, genehmigt von der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Universität Fridericiana zu Karlsruhe, gefördert durch die DFG. Referent: Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Waldmann; Korreferentin: Prof. Dr. Marliese Uhrig-Homburg; Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 19.12.2006.
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Acknowledgements “A fool . . . is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.” (Erasmus Darwin)
I would like to thank all of those who supported me during my biggest experiment so far, the completion of this thesis. In particular, I would like to thank my supervisor, Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Waldmann. Without his help, this work would not have been possible. I also thank my co-advisor, Prof. Dr. Marliese Uhrig-Homburg, for her valuable and constructive comments on my work and beyond. I am deeply indebted to Dr. Alfred M¨ uller. His stimulating suggestions and unflinching encouragement were invaluable. I thank him and all the other colleagues at the chair for their support. This work was funded by the DFG Graduate School for Information Management and Market Engineering. Many thanks go to all members of this program. Words fail me to express my appreciation t
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