Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前Researchers peer into the black box of airline pricing and find some surprisesphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down13
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkResearchers peer into the black box of airline pricing and find some surprisesphys.orgLee Duna@lemmy.nz to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前message-square4fedilink
minus-squareTeppic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 年前My read of this is mostly that airlines don’t engage in price fixing and collusion - or more specifically their algorithms are designed so they don’t (directly) create this outcome.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前When there are industry standard approaches creating that algorithm, the collusion is absolutely there. It’s just one step removed from being obvious.
My read of this is mostly that airlines don’t engage in price fixing and collusion - or more specifically their algorithms are designed so they don’t (directly) create this outcome.
When there are industry standard approaches creating that algorithm, the collusion is absolutely there. It’s just one step removed from being obvious.