A column generation algorithm for choice-based network revenue management
During the past few years, there has been a trend to enrich traditional revenue management models built upon the independent demand paradigm by accounting for customer choice behavior. This extension involves both modeling and computational challenges. One way to describe choice behavior is to assum...
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todo:paper_0030364X_v57_n3_p769_Bront2023-10-03T14:39:49Z A column generation algorithm for choice-based network revenue management Bront, J.J.M. Méndez-Díaz, I. Vulcano, G. Analysis of algorithms: computational complexity Linear applications Marketing: choice models Programming: fractional Analysis of algorithms: computational complexity Columbia University Column generation Computational challenges Computational results Customer choice Exact algorithms Flexible products General version Greedy heuristics High quality Linear applications Linear programming models Manufacturing service Multinomials New York NP-hard Phillips Practical solutions Programming: fractional Real-size networks Revenue management Algorithms Computational complexity Customer satisfaction Dynamic programming Heuristic algorithms Heuristic methods Linearization Management Sales Systems engineering Wireless telecommunication systems Network management During the past few years, there has been a trend to enrich traditional revenue management models built upon the independent demand paradigm by accounting for customer choice behavior. This extension involves both modeling and computational challenges. One way to describe choice behavior is to assume that each customer belongs to a segment, which is characterized by a consideration set, i.e., a subset of the products provided by the firm that a customer views as options. Customers choose a particular product according to a multinomial-logit criterion, a model widely used in the marketing literature. In this paper, we consider the choice-based, deterministic, linear programming model (CDLP) of Gallego et al. (2004) [Gallego, G., G. Iyengar, R. Phillips, A. Dubey. 2004. Managing flexible products on a network. Technical Report CORC TR-2004-01, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University, New York], and the follow-up dynamic programming decomposition heuristic of van Ryzin and Liu (2008) [van Ryzin, G. J., Q. Liu. 2008. On the choice-based linear programming model for network revenue management. Manufacturing Service Oper. Management 10(2) 288-310]. We focus on the more general version of these models, where customers belong to overlapping segments. To solve the CDLP for real-size networks, we need to develop a column generation algorithm. We prove that the associated column generation subproblem is indeed NP-hard and propose a simple, greedy heuristic to overcome the complexity of an exact algorithm. Our computational results show that the heuristic is quite effective and that the overall approach leads to high-quality, practical solutions. ©2009 INFORMS. Fil:Méndez-Díaz, I. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Vulcano, G. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0030364X_v57_n3_p769_Bront |
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Analysis of algorithms: computational complexity Linear applications Marketing: choice models Programming: fractional Analysis of algorithms: computational complexity Columbia University Column generation Computational challenges Computational results Customer choice Exact algorithms Flexible products General version Greedy heuristics High quality Linear applications Linear programming models Manufacturing service Multinomials New York NP-hard Phillips Practical solutions Programming: fractional Real-size networks Revenue management Algorithms Computational complexity Customer satisfaction Dynamic programming Heuristic algorithms Heuristic methods Linearization Management Sales Systems engineering Wireless telecommunication systems Network management |
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Analysis of algorithms: computational complexity Linear applications Marketing: choice models Programming: fractional Analysis of algorithms: computational complexity Columbia University Column generation Computational challenges Computational results Customer choice Exact algorithms Flexible products General version Greedy heuristics High quality Linear applications Linear programming models Manufacturing service Multinomials New York NP-hard Phillips Practical solutions Programming: fractional Real-size networks Revenue management Algorithms Computational complexity Customer satisfaction Dynamic programming Heuristic algorithms Heuristic methods Linearization Management Sales Systems engineering Wireless telecommunication systems Network management Bront, J.J.M. Méndez-Díaz, I. Vulcano, G. A column generation algorithm for choice-based network revenue management |
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Analysis of algorithms: computational complexity Linear applications Marketing: choice models Programming: fractional Analysis of algorithms: computational complexity Columbia University Column generation Computational challenges Computational results Customer choice Exact algorithms Flexible products General version Greedy heuristics High quality Linear applications Linear programming models Manufacturing service Multinomials New York NP-hard Phillips Practical solutions Programming: fractional Real-size networks Revenue management Algorithms Computational complexity Customer satisfaction Dynamic programming Heuristic algorithms Heuristic methods Linearization Management Sales Systems engineering Wireless telecommunication systems Network management |
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During the past few years, there has been a trend to enrich traditional revenue management models built upon the independent demand paradigm by accounting for customer choice behavior. This extension involves both modeling and computational challenges. One way to describe choice behavior is to assume that each customer belongs to a segment, which is characterized by a consideration set, i.e., a subset of the products provided by the firm that a customer views as options. Customers choose a particular product according to a multinomial-logit criterion, a model widely used in the marketing literature. In this paper, we consider the choice-based, deterministic, linear programming model (CDLP) of Gallego et al. (2004) [Gallego, G., G. Iyengar, R. Phillips, A. Dubey. 2004. Managing flexible products on a network. Technical Report CORC TR-2004-01, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University, New York], and the follow-up dynamic programming decomposition heuristic of van Ryzin and Liu (2008) [van Ryzin, G. J., Q. Liu. 2008. On the choice-based linear programming model for network revenue management. Manufacturing Service Oper. Management 10(2) 288-310]. We focus on the more general version of these models, where customers belong to overlapping segments. To solve the CDLP for real-size networks, we need to develop a column generation algorithm. We prove that the associated column generation subproblem is indeed NP-hard and propose a simple, greedy heuristic to overcome the complexity of an exact algorithm. Our computational results show that the heuristic is quite effective and that the overall approach leads to high-quality, practical solutions. ©2009 INFORMS. |
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A column generation algorithm for choice-based network revenue management |
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