Optimal internal pricing and backup capacity of computer systems subject to breakdowns

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-108

  Cheng, Hsing K ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer backup; Computer breakdowns; Economics of information systems; Pricing and capacity decisions; Reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY;

COMPUTER BREAKDOWNS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031073739     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(96)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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