Cost-benefit framework for online management of a metacomputing system

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 155-164

  Amir, Yair ^a   Awerbuch, Baruch ^a   Borgstrom, R Sean ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; MARKETING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADMISSION CONTROL DECISION; COMPLEX ASSIGNMENT; INTERNET WIDE MARKET; METACOMPUTING SYSTEM; ONLINE MANAGEMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033893185     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(99)00081-0     Document Type: Article

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