Can economics-based resource allocation prove effective in a computation marketplace?

Journal of Grid Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-311

  Mills, Kevin L ^a   Dabrowski, Christopher ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computation economy; Distributed resource allocation; Global behavior; Grid computing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MANAGEMENT; MECHANISMS; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SALES;

BUSINESS MEDIA; BUSINESS MODEL (BM); COMPUTATION RESOURCES; COMPUTING POWERS; ECONOMIC MECHANISMS; GRID ECONOMY; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); KEY FACTORS; ON-DEMAND;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 48249088937     PISSN: 15707873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10723-007-9094-4     Document Type: Article

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