Service capacity decision and incentive compatible cost allocation for reporting usage forecasts

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 180-195

  Radhakrishnan, Suresh ^a   Balachandran, Kashi R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion; Delay cost; Game theory; Mechanism design; Queues; Truth telling

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); COSTS; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; GAME THEORY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MECHANISMS; QUEUEING THEORY;

DELAY COST; MECHANISM DESIGN; TRUTH-TELLING;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 1842426395     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00246-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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