Pricing and Warranty Decisions of Substitutable Products for a Fuzzy Two-Echelon Supply Chain

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id="g50-117"></path><glyph.data ascent="3443" descent="-2856" horiz-adv-x="347" vert-adv-y="347"></glyph.data></g></svg></span></td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">No warranty level</td><td class="align_center"> 3792.9</td><td class="align_center"> 304.8</td><td class="align_center"> 3577.2</td><td class="align_center"> 7674.9</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">One warranty level</td><td class="align_center"> 3971.9</td><td class="align_center"> 199.3</td><td class="align_center"> 3730.2</td><td class="align_center"> 7901.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Two warranty levels</td><td class="align_center"> 4042.4</td><td class="align_center"> 328.2</td><td class="align_center"> 4154.5</td><td class="align_center"> 8525.1</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Comparison of the maximal profits with and without warranty level.

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society

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Table 6: Pricing and Warranty Decisions of Substitutable Products for a Fuzzy Two-Echelon Supply Chain 