Simulation shows that the optimal price is a decreasing function of initial inventory and an increasing function of sale period and potential buying probability;

算例分析表明：最优价格是初始库存的递减函数，是潜在购买率和销售时间段的递增函数；

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Despite the maps imbroglio, Apple sold more than 5 million units of the iPhone 5 in the first three days, depleting its initial inventory.

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An hour into accepting pre-orders, Apple's website indicated that it would take up to two weeks for customers to receive a new iPhone, suggesting initial inventory had sold out.

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Even though BlackBerry bulls like to tout that the initial inventory of Z10 was sold out quickly in India, Z10 will suffer in India because of the change in consumer behavior.

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