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Bilevel programming and price setting problems

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This paper is devoted to pricing optimization problems which can be modeled as bilevel programs. We present the main concepts, models and solution methods for this class of optimization problems.

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Acknowledgments

The first author acknowledges support from the “Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacíon” through the research project MTM2009-14039-C06. The second author acknowledges support from the Belgian national scientific funding agency “Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l’Industrie et dans l’Agriculture” (FRIA), of which she is a research fellow.

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Labbé, M., Violin, A. Bilevel programming and price setting problems. 4OR-Q J Oper Res 11, 1–30 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10288-012-0213-0

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