A Good Overbooking Strategy Should ________

question 35

Multiple Choice

A good overbooking strategy should ________.

• A) minimize the expected opportunity cost of idle service capacity
• B) balance the expected opportunity cost of idle service capacity and expected cost of turning away customers who have reservations
• C) minimize the expected cost of turning away reservations
• D) none of the above; services should try to avoid overbooking

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