This paper analyzes the assignment of durable objects to successive generations of agents who live for two periods. The optimal assignment rule is stationary, favors old agents and is determined by a selectivity function, which satisfies an iterative functional differential equation. More...

We introduce the Monte-Carlo based heuristic with first-come-first-served approximation for future optimal strategy (MC-FCFS) in order to maximize profit in a network revenue management problem. Like the randomized linear programming (RLP) model, one purpose of the MC-FCFS heuristic is to have...