Pricing differentiated services: A game-theoretic approach

Computer Networks

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 982-1002

  Altman, Eitan ^a   Barman, Dhiman ^b   El Azouzi, Rachid E ^c   Ros, David ^d   Tuffin, Bruno ^e,f  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^d ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^e INRIA   (France)

^f INRIA's Cooperative Research Action PRIXNET   (France)

Author keywords

Nash equilibrium; Pricing; RED AQM; Service differentiation; TCP

Indexed keywords

NASH EQUILIBRIUM; PRICING; RED/AQM; SERVICE DIFFERENTIATION; TCP;

COSTS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 33645139438     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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