Dynamic behavior of differential pricing and quality of service options for the internet

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-136

  Fishburn, Peter C ^a   Odlyzko, Andrew M ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; PACKET NETWORKS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

NETWORK UTILIZATION; PRICE SENSITIVE DEMAND; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

INTERNET;

EID: 0033872930     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(99)00079-2     Document Type: Article

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