Paying for express checkout: competition and price discrimination in multi-server queuing systems.

We model competition between two firms selling identical goods to customers who arrive in the market stochastically. Shoppers choose where to purchase based upon both price and the time cost associated with waiting for service. One seller provides two separate queues, each with its own server, while...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cary Deck, Erik O Kimbrough, Steeve Mongrain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3965397?pdf=render