TWO-DIMENSIONALLY NESTED INVENTORY

The inventory model presented in this paper has been developed for passenger railroads but it could be applicable to any means of passenger transportation. The model allows to control the allocation and availability of booking classes that belong to a main reservation class for each itinerary segment "bucket". The itinerary segment bucket is a collection of itinerary segments for which inventory should be controlled together; both booking classes and segment buckets are prioritized and nested under each other according to their respective priorities. This inventory design provides yield management with the ability to control supply and demand of inventory during the reservation process.

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  University of Saskatchewan, Canada

  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  Canada  S7N 0W0
• Authors:
  • Borowiak, P
• Conference:
  • Transportation: Emerging Realities. Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference
  • Location: Toronto, Canada
  • Date: 1997-5-25 to 1997-5-28
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 85-101
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Saskatchewan University, Canada
  • Publisher: University of Saskatchewan, Canada
  • ISSN: 1183-2770

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand; Fares; Inventory; Inventory control; Itinerary; Passenger service; Reservation systems; Seats; Sleeping cars; Supply; Train operations; Yield management
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00797426
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 6 2000 12:00AM