Optimal pricing for multiple services in telecommunications networks offering quality-of-service guarantees

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-80

  Keon, Neil J ^a   Anandalingam, G ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Network design; Pricing; Quality of service (QoS)

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

NETWORK DESIGN;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 0037295756     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2002.808409     Document Type: Article

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