An index for dynamic product promotion and the knapsack problem for perishable items

Peter Jacko

DES - Working Papers. Statistics and Econometrics. WS from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Estadística

Abstract: This paper introduces the knapsack problem for perishable items (KPPI), which concerns the optimal dynamic allocation of a limited promotion space to a collection of perishable items. Such a problem is motivated by applications in a variety of industries, where products have an associated lifetime after which they cannot be sold. The paper builds on recent developments on restless bandit indexation and gives an optimal marginal productivity index policy for the dynamic (single) product promotion problem with closed-form indices that yield estructural insights. The performance of the proposed policy for KPPI is investigated in a computational study.

Keywords: Dynamic; promotion; Perishable; items; Index; policies; Knapsack; problem; Festless; bandits; Finite; horizon; Marginal; productivity; index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-05
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