Service Mechanism and Pricing Based on Fairness Preference of Customers in Queuing System

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    摘要 Serviceprovidersoftenadoptthemechanismofcustomerclassificationduetotheheterogeneityofcustomerwaitingcost.However,theclassificationservicemaycauseunfairnessfeelingofregularcustomers,thenaffecttherevenueandsocialwelfare.Thispaperprovidesthefirstexactanalysisaboutthesituationthatserviceprovidersoffertwoclassesofnon-preemptivepriorityservicewhencustomerfairnessperceptionisexplicitlymodeled.Wemodelcustomerfairnessperceptionasanegativeutilityonregularcustomersthat’sproportionaltothewaitingtimedifferencebetweenthetwoqueues.ByanalyzingastylizedM/M/1queueinmonopolyservicesystem,wecanderiveimportantresultssomeofwhichreaffirmexistedresearchresults.First,fromtheperspectiveofrevenuemaximization,serviceprovidersshouldadoptthemechanismofcustomerclassificationandsetupthetwokindsofcustomerswheretheycanseeeachother.Next,consideringcustomerutilitymaximization,serviceprovidersshouldcancelthemechanismofcustomerclassification,andkeeponequeue(regularcustomers)only.Then,fromtheperspectiveofsocialwelfaremaximization,serviceprovidersshouldalsoadoptthemechanismofcustomerclassificationbutsetupthetwokindsofcustomerswheretheycannotfeeleachother.Finally,thispaperconcludestheoptimalpricingbasedoncustomerclassificationintheabovethreedifferentperspectives.Thisresearchshowsimportantreferencevalueandpracticalsignificanceforserviceproviderswhoadoptthemechanismofclassificationservice.
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    出版日期 2018年06月16日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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