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This paper investigates a viral infection model with periodic immune response and nonlinear cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response. Using the periodic rhythms of human immune system, the model can avoid the unreasonable equilibrium in the basic viral model with nonlinear CTL response introduced...
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In this paper, we consider the consumption and investment problem with random horizon in a Batch Markov Arrival Process (BMAP) model. The investor invests her wealth in a financial market consisting of a risk-free asset and a risky asset. The price processes of the riskless asset and the risky...
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The smart phone industry has unique supply chain relationships. Companies at all levels of the supply chain compete and coordinate with each other for market share and profit. This paper examines the impact of power structures on the decision of pricing and channel selection between a free...
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This paper considers a Markov-modulated jump-diffusion risk model with randomized observation periods and threshold dividend. A second order integro-differential system of equations that characterizes the expected discounted dividend payments is obtained. As a closed-form solution does not...
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We investigate a one-period two-echelon supply chain composed of a risk-neutral supplier that produces short life-cycle products and a loss-averse retailer that orders from the supplier via option contracts and sells to end-users with stochastic demand in the selling season. When a single retail...
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In January 2010 electricity retail residential rate caps expired in a large part of Pennsylvania, allowing consumers to shop for electricity in the retail market. In this paper we employ customer-level data from the relevant territory to analyze what residential customer and community...
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This article presents a review of the issues associated with a manufacturer's pricing strategies in a two-echelon supply chain that comprises one manufacturer and two competing retailers, with warranty period-dependent demands. The manufacturer, as a Stackelberg leader, specifies wholesale...
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