We present a stochastic optimization model for hotel revenue management with multiple-day stays under an uncertain environment. Since a decision maker may face several scenarios when renting out rooms, we use a semi-absolute deviation model to measure the risk of hotel revenue, and only consider...

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Macroeconomic policy making is a complex systematic process, which requires in-depth understanding of current economic situation, prediction of future economic trend, and proper policy evaluation measurements. Instruments of early warning, and policy simulation are often employed in...

The main purpose of this study is to devise a general regression neural network (GRNN)-based currency crisis forecasting model for Southeast Asian economies based upon the disastrous 1997–1998 currency crisis experience. For this some typical indicators of currency exchange rates volatility...

We study two kinds of buy-it-now options, temporary and permanent, under a theoretical model of Stackelberg game. In this two-stage game, the bidders, as the followers, use a two-threshold strategy to determine whether to bid or directly buy the item at the posted price, given an auction...