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Re:To Survive in Tough Times, Restaurants Turn to Data-Mining by CaptainZapp on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @10:04AM (#15124326)
That actually happens and I don't feel it's wrong. For example:

The pre-theater menu, which offers a discount if you eat and leave before a specific time. I could also imagine that tables booked for a less desirable time window are sold cheaper than when you want it on Saturday, 8pm.

Airline yield mangement gets a lot a flack, but I really don't get what's inherently wrong with the process.

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Re:To Survive in Tough Times, Restaurants Turn to Data-Mining by mayank on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @11:44AM (#15125052)
Yield management is a form of constrained optimization, and it's tempting sometimes to relax the customer experience constraints to favor a higher (short-term) yield, as we see from time to time with the airlines.
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