Dynamic switching times from season to single tickets in sports and entertainment

Revenue management can be used in many industries where there is a limited, perishable capacity and the market can be segmented. In this paper we focus on the sales of event tickets in the Sports and Entertainment industries, where tickets are sold exclusively as season tickets initially or as single events later in the selling horizon. We specifically study the optimal time to switch between these market segments dynamically as a function of the state of the system. Under Poisson demand processes, we find the optimal switching time is a set of time thresholds that depends on the remaining inventory and time left in the horizon. We use numerical experiments to show that significant profit improvements can be obtained by dynamically deciding the optimal switch time over the case when the date is announced in advance. We also study an extension where ??early switch to a low-demand event?? is allowed.     

Flavone‐3′‐sulfon­amide

In the title mol­ecule, C₁₅H₁₁NO₄S, the phenyl and benzene rings are quite planar, with maximum deviations from planarity of 0.009 (2) and 0.004 (1) Å, respectively. The γ‐pyrone ring deviates from planarity and makes a dihedral angle of 8.3 (3)° with the 2‐phenyl substituent. The sulfon­amide group is involved in N—H?O hydrogen bonding.     

The clean and mild synthesis,crystal structure,and intra-molecular hydrogen bond study of substituted new 4,8-dihydropyrano[3,2-b]-pyrans containing chlorokojic acid moiety

Research on Chemical Intermediates - A safe, green and convenient process was developed for the synthesis of a novel group of 4,8-dihydropyrano[3,2-b]-pyrans by dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates and...     

Phosphorus‐nitrogen compounds. Part 39. Syntheses and Langmuir‐Blodgett thin films and antimicrobial activities of N/N and N/O spirocyclotriphosphazenes with monoferrocenyl pendant arm

The Cl substitution reactions of the N/N ( 1 ‐ 3 ) and N/O ( 4 and 5 ) spirocyclic monoferrocenylphosphazenes with 1,4‐dioxa‐8‐azaspiro[4,5]decane (DASD) produce the mono‐ ( 1a ‐ 5a ), geminal‐ ( 1b ‐ 5b ) and tetrakis‐DASD‐substituted ferrocenylspirocyclotriphosphazenes ( 1c ‐ 5c ). The mono‐ and geminal‐DASD‐substituted phosphazenes have two and one stereogenic P‐centers, respectively. The structures of the compounds were established by spectroscopic techniques. The molecular structures of 3a and 2b were evaluated using X‐ray crystallography. Additionally, the ultrathin and highly ordered Langmuir‐Blodgett (LB) films of 3a and 2b were also prepared. The characterizations of the LB films were done using p‐polarized grazing angle (GAIR) and horizontal attenuated total reflectance (HATR) techniques. On the other hand, the antimicrobial activities of the eight phosphazene derivatives against G(+) and G(‐) bacteria and fungi were investigated. Furthermore, the interactions between the compounds and plasmid DNA were studied by agarose gel electrophoresis.     

Synthesis of Phenyl‐Substituted Conduritol B and Its Mechanism of Formation

The phenyl‐substituted conduritol B 8 was prepared in racemic form in a five‐step sequence starting from 2‐phenyl‐1,4‐benzoquinone ( 10 ) (Scheme 1). The reaction mechanism of the key step 12b → 13 is discussed (Scheme 2).     

[Bis­(di­phenyl­phosphino)­methane][1,3-bis­(di­phenyl­phosphino)­propane]­platinum(II) dibromide

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Pt(C₂₅H₂₂P₂)(C₂₇H₂₆P₂)]Br₂ or [Pt(dppm)(dppp)]Br₂, where dppm is bis­(di­phenyl­phosphino)­methane and dppp is 1,3-bis­(di­phenyl­phosphino)­propane, consists of a discrete [Pt(dppm)(dppp)]²⁺ cation and two Br⁻ anions at van der Waals distances. This is the first reported platinum(II) complex containing both dppm and dppp ligands. Noticeable features are that the coordination of platinum by the differing dppm and dppp ligands produces a distorted coordination geometry with differing ligand bite angles (and to a lesser extent bond distances), and that the strain induced by the formation of the four-membered dppm chelate ring has a marked effect upon the bond angles at the P atoms of this ligand.     

Approximate analytical solutions of a two-term diatomic molecular potential with centrifugal barrier

Approximate analytical bound state solutions of the radial Schr?dinger equation are studied for a two-term diatomic molecular potential in terms of the hypergeometric functions for the cases where q?≥?1 and q?=?0. The energy eigenvalues and the corresponding normalized wave functions of the Manning–Rosen potential, the ‘standard’ Hulthén potential and the generalized Morse potential are briefly studied as special cases. It is observed that our analytical results are the same with the ones obtained before.     

Perspectives of aerosol-photopolymerization: organic-inorganic hybrid nanoparticles

The technique of aerosol-photopolymerization is employed for the generation of organic-inorganic spherical polymer-matrix nanocomposites (PMNCs). The loading amount of well-distributed ZnO nanoparticles in polymer networks is varied in a broad range up to 40 wt.%. Similar hybrid particles are produced without the addition of a conventional photoinitiator by making use of the UV absorptivity of ZnO nanoparticles only. Highlights of the process are the continuous, aerosol-based setup with a flow-through photoreactor operated at ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure. Aerosol-photopolymerization possesses great potential of incorporating various materials in situ into a polymer matrix, resulting in hybrid materials for diverse applications. Furthermore, the process can be integrated with further unit operations for the design of smart materials.