Pricing to accelerate demand learning in dynamic assortment planning for perishable products
Retailers, from fashion stores to grocery stores, have to decide what range of products to offer, i.e., their product assortment. New business trends, such as mass customization and shorter product life cycles, make predicting demand more difficult, which in turn complicates assortment planning. We propose and study a stochastic dynamic programming model for simultaneously making … Read more