Serious strategy for the makers of fun: analyzing the option to switch from pay-to-play to free-to-play in a two-stage optimal control model with quadratic costs

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.071zbMath1403.90434OpenAlexW2775230770MaRDI QIDQ723957

Richard F. Hartl, Andrea Seidl, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Peter M. Kort

Publication date: 25 July 2018

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.071

zbMATH Keywords

optimal controlhistory-dependencemulti-stage modelingOR in entertainmentvideo games business model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of optimal control and differential games (49N90) Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50)

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