| Article ID: | iaor20052899 | 
| Country: | United States | 
| Volume: | 7 | 
| Issue: | 1 | 
| Start Page Number: | 94 | 
| End Page Number: | 97 | 
| Publication Date: | Dec 2005 | 
| Journal: | Manufacturing & Service Operations Management | 
| Authors: | Caro F. | 
| Keywords: | programming: dynamic | 
This is an extended abstract of a paper that was a finalist in the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society's 2004 Student Paper Competition. A discrete-time dynamic programming model is developed for the dynamic assortment problem faced by a fast-fashion retailer refining estimates of consumer demand for products over time.