The Capacitated Newsboy Problem with Revenue Sharing

The capacitated newsboy problem with revenue sharing

In this paper we consider a single inventory (newsboy) problem in which the vendor has a limited amount of funds to purchase items to sell. We assume that the manufacturer will either sell the items to the vendor outright or offer the items to the vendor on a revenue sharing (consignment) basis. In the latter case, that amount of money the vendor pays per unit is less than if the items are purc...

The Newsboy Problem with Resalable Returns

We analyze a newsboy problem with resalable returns. A single order is placed before the selling season starts. Purchased products may be returned by the customer for a full refund within a certain time interval. Returned products are resalable, provided they arrive back before the end of the season and are undamaged. Products remaining at the end of the season are salvaged. All demands not met...

Uncertain random newsboy problem

The classic newsboy problem assumes the market demand to be a random variable. However, when the decision maker wants to expand the market share, he has to provide a subjective estimate of new market demand distribution due to the lack of historical data. Thus, randomness and uncertainty simultaneously appear in a newsboy problem. The aim of this work is to extend the analysis of the classic ne...

Consignment Contracts with Revenue Sharing for a Capacitated Retailer and Multiple Manufacturers

On the Problem of Revenue Sharing in Multi-domain Federations

Autonomous System alliances or federations are envisioned to emerge in the near future as a means of selling end-to-end quality assured services through interdomain networks. This collaborative paradigm mainly responds to the ever increasing Internet traffic volumes that requires assured quality, and constitutes a new business opportunity for Network Service Providers (NSPs). However, current I...