stationed in booths and are visited by buyers according to scheduled appointments. Because
of the limited number of time slots available in each event and the fact that the
number of buyers and sellers can be quite large (one such event held in Melbourne in
1997 attracted 620 sellers and 700 buyers), ATC attempts to schedule the seller-buyer
appointments in advance of the event in a manner that maximizes preferences. The
model has resulted in greater satisfaction for both the buyers and sellers. Case 3 in
Chapter 24 on the CD provides the details of the study.
5.1 DEFINITION