摘要 |
Method for dynamically pricing perishable goods with objective of selling all items before point in time any remaining items become worthless, the method comprising: a) controlling time-to-live parameter (TTL) corresponding to maximum time period (t=tn) an item is good for sale, and if time-to-live parameter (TTL)≰tn, then; b) counting down update frequency time period until price is updated; c) if interest to buy the goods is received, offering temporarily fixed price Pfreeze equal to current price for a limited period; d) automatically updating current price according to expressed interest; e) accepting order at temporarily fixed price if order is received within limited time period; f) rejecting the order if order is received after limited time period; g) automatically updating current price in accordance with time of receiving accepted order or elapsing of update frequency time period, and automatically repeating the steps b)-g) until time period equals time-to-live parameter.
|