Internet pricing with a game theoretical approach: Concepts and examples

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 208-216

  Cao, Xi Ren ^a,b   Shen, Hong Xia ^a,c   Milito, Rodolfo ^a,d   Wirth, Patrica ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining problems; Cooperative games; Leader follower games; Paris Metro pricing; Quality of services; Two person nonzero sum games

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING PROBLEMS; COOPERATIVE GAMES; INTERNET PRICING; INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS; PARIS METRO PRICING; TWO PERSON NON ZERO SUM GAMES;

CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); GAME THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

INTERNET;

EID: 0036554070     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/90.993302     Document Type: Article

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