Demand management for telecommunications services

Computer Networks

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3507-3524

  Zachariadis, Grigorios ^a   Barria, Javier A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptotic approximation; Pricing; Quality of service; Resource allocation; Revenue management; Utility

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COSTS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ASYMPTOTIC APPROXIMATION; REVENUE MANAGEMENT;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 34250338771     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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