A business-oriented load dispatching framework for online auction sites

Proceedings - 4th International Conference on the Quantitative Evaluation of Systems, QEST 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 249-258

  Menascé, Daniel A ^a   Akula, Vasudeva ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

AUCTION SITES; DYNAMIC CONTROLLERS; E COMMERCES; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATIONS; HEAVY LOADS; LOAD BALANCING TECHNIQUES; LOAD DISPATCHING; ON TIMES; ONLINE AUCTION SITES; POWER USERS; SMALL GROUPS; SPARE CAPACITIES; USER BEHAVIORS;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 47949090621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/QEST.2007.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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