Dynamic pricing for network service: equilibrium and stability

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 857-869

  Masuda, Yasushi ^a   Whang, Seungjin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; QUEUEING NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

EXTERNALITY PRICING; STABILITY OF EQUILIBRIUM;

SALES;

EID: 0032665129     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.6.857     Document Type: Article

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