A contract and balancing mechanism for sharing capacity in a communication network

Management Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-53

  Andersen, Edward ^a   Kelly, Frank ^b   Steinberg, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity contracts; Congestion pricing; Nash equilibrium

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CHANNEL CAPACITY; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); CONTRACTS;

CAPACITY CONTRACTS; CONGESTION PRICING; NASH EQUILIBRIUM;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33644522712     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1050.0455     Document Type: Article

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