Capacity planning under uncertainty: An Asian option approach

Tarik Driouchi; David Bennett; Giuliana Battisti

Capacity planning under uncertainty: An Asian option approach

Tarik Driouchi
, David Bennett
, Giuliana Battisti

Operations and Service Management

Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished Conference Paper › peer-review

Abstract

This short paper introduces the concept of Asian options in the capacity choice literature. We develop a simple model for optimal capacity setting under average demand uncertainty for a single firm. When the firm faces moderate or significant stochastic demands in its current product line, expanding capacity is beneficial. If the demand is extremely stochastic, a capacity lag or reduction is more profitable.

Original language	English
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	10th Annual International Conference - New York, United States Duration: 14 Jun 2006 → 17 Jun 2006

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Conference	10th Annual International Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	New York
Period	14/06/06 → 17/06/06

Keywords

arithmetic Asian options
fixed strike
optimal capacity

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