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OR/MS Today Dec. 2011
Just Published!ORMS Today Dec. 2011 Issue

Nov. 2011
We Deliver Results!Uncle Bob's Self-Storage

Now Available from AmazonCover of The Arithmetic of BehaviorThe Arithmetic of Human Behavior
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Recently
releasedWiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science Revenue Management in the Travel Industry

Publications

Books

Cover of The Arithmetic of Behavior The Arithmetic of Human Behavior
Author: Michael Raskin
Published Online: 29 AUG 2011
Copyright © 2011 Veritec Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.

Buy from Amazon - 'The Artithemetic of Human Behaviour' by Michael Raskin

Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science
Article: 'Revenue Management in the Travel Industry'
Author: Warren Lieberman
Published Online: 14 JAN 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9780470400531.eorms0727
Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.

bookthumbnail Revenue Management and Pricing: Case Studies and Applications.
Editors: Ian Yeoman, Napier University, UK. Una McMahon-Beattie, University of Ulster, UK.
View the first case study here or buy at Amazon.


Journals

journal The Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management.
A quarterly peer-reviewed journal that reflects the tremendous growth of revenue management science and practice in a variety of industries. A selection of free papers are available here.


Magazines

OR/MS OR/MS Today
OR/MS Today, the membership magazine of the Institute for Operations Research and the Mangement Sciences (INFORMS), is written for upper-management professionals and academics in the field of operations research, the management sciences and related information and decision sciences. The bi-monthly publication reports on the most recent developments in the field, and publishes articles that illustrate the applications and impact of operations research on the complex problems that occur in all areas of modern life, such as telecommunications, manufacturing, transportation, the service sector, healthcare and defense.

Veritec Solutions' Michael Raskin's article on Disjunctive Mapping is featured in the December, 2011 issue.


Papers

From yield management to price optimization

From yield management to price optimization

This brief article contains seven strategic considerations, 'lessons learned' if you will, that are important to keep in mind when designing, developing and implementing a price optimization effort. Although not always easy to apply, they have proven critical for maximizing the financial success of price optimization programs in a wide range of industries.

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Disjunctive Mapping: Changing the Way we Understand and Predict Customer Behavior

This paper presents a fundamentally different way to analyze and predict customer behavior relative to traditional statistical techniques.

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Comparable Challenges

This paper looks at a new approach to performance management.

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Debunking the Myths of Yield Management

This paper looks at ten popular misunderstandings about yield management's role in and effect on the lodging industry.

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Making Yield Management Work for You: Ten Steps to Enhanced Revenues

This article provides ten guidelines that greatly increase the likelihood of implementing a successful yield management program.

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Yield Management: System or Program?

This paper discusses how yield management is more than just a system, it is also a business process that can be improved.

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Expanding the revenue management frontier: Optimal air planning in the cruise industry

This paper discusses the application of revenue management to a company's purchase of services, in this case air travel.

Self-storage RM paper

Distinguishing Characteristics of Revenue Management in the Self-Storage Industry

This paper discusses key factors that distinguishes revenue management in the self storage industry from traditional applications.