Montgomery, David B.; Silk, Alvin J.; Zaragoza, Carlos E. - In: Management Science 18 (1971) 4-Part-II, pp. 3-3
When several products are marketed by the same sales force, it frequently becomes impossible or impractical for salesmen to promote all items in the product line extensively in each and every time period. Management's problem is to decide how the available selling effort should be allocated...