Mathematical models of warranty policies: a game theory perspective

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Ano de defesa: 2021
Autor(a) principal: ZAIDAN, Henrique Pinto dos Santos lattes
Orientador(a): CRISTINO, Cláudio Tadeu
Banca de defesa: STOSIC, Borko, STOSIC, Tatijana, FIRMINO, Paulo Renato Alves
Tipo de documento: Tese
Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
Idioma: por
Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biometria e Estatística Aplicada
Departamento: Departamento de Estatística e Informática
País: Brasil
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Link de acesso: http://www.tede2.ufrpe.br:8080/tede2/handle/tede2/8752
Resumo: This thesis presents two mathematical models of pricing for warranty policies considering a game theory approach. The first model is a two-person game. The consumer outsources maintenance actions to the agent (maintenance agent), who shows four warranty options with different coverage characteristics. Equilibrium strategies for each decision-maker are obtained via the subgame-perfect Nash equilibrium. In the second model, we add the manufacturer in the modeling. Thus, a three-person game is formulated. The manufacturer defines the sale price of the product (including the base warranty costs), whereas the agent prices maintenance services. Equilibrium strategies are given through a combination of cooperative and non-cooperative solutions. The model brings a coalition between the manufacturer and the agent, and the Shapley value redistributes the payoffs and sets up the equilibrium prices. In both models, we perform a sensitivity analysis with the model parameters and apply computer simulation to estimate the expected value of warranty costs for some warranty policies.