Complex optimal policies in an advertising diffusion model
โ Scribed by Herbert Dawid; Gustav Feichtinger
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 586 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0960-0779
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โฆ Synopsis
In this paper we analyse a one state dynamic programming model, which has been frequently used in marketing. LJsing a variation of the Boldrin-Montrucchio technique for the inverse problem we are able to construct a separable return function, which guarantees that the optimal policy shows topological chaos.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
On the theoretical side, this paper contains a general diffusion model of innovation that includes previous models in the literature as special cases. Optimal price and advertising are characterized qualitatively for the general model and several specific cases. Cost learning effects and discounting