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Demand Unconstraining Methods

Popescu, Dana, Boa...

Technical Note

Demand Unconstraining Methods

Popescu, Dana; Boatright, Benjamin

QA-0934 | Published October 26, 2022 | 8 pages Technical Note

Collection: Darden School of Business

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This technical note examines two common methods for estimating customer demand using historical data observations that are constrained by availability. First, this note explains how to leverage the averaging method for unconstraining the demand of airline ticket bookings. Next, the expectation-maximization algorithm is introduced using historical product sales data. Both examples rely on fictious data, and an accompanying Excel workbook provides example calculations for both methods highlighted in this technical note.

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