Measurement-based usage charges in communications networks

Operations Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 535-548

  Courcoubetis, Costas ^b   Kelly, Frank ^a   Weber, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FEES AND CHARGES; INTERNET; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

EFFECTIVE BANDWIDTH; MEASUREMENT BASED CHARGING; MOMENT GENERATING FUNCTION;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 0034221380     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.48.4.535.12424     Document Type: Article

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