Clearance pricing and end of season inventory management are challenging and important problems in retailing. Sales rates depend upon price, seasonal effects, and the remaining assortment of items available to customers. There is little time to react to observed sales, and pricing errors result...

During the past decade an awareness has emerged for the necessity of planning the efficient delivery of regional health care services. This paper focuses on the implementation of an analytical tool to aid health planners in evaluating current and prescribing future health care facility and...