Grid economics in departmentalized enterprises

Journal of Grid Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-290

  Beck, Roman ^a   Schwind, Michael ^b   Hinz, Oliver ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost accounting; Dynamic pricing; Grid; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; ECONOMICS; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MECHANISMS; PROFITABILITY; TECHNOLOGY;

ALLOCATION METHODS; ALLOCATION OF COMPUTING RESOURCES; ALLOCATION PROCESS; AUCTION MECHANISMS; BUSINESS MEDIA; BUSINESS MODEL (BM); COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; COMPUTING APPLICATIONS; DEDICATED SERVERS; GRID TECHNOLOGIES; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); INDUSTRIAL SECTORS; LEARNING METHODS; PRICING APPROACH; PRICING MECHANISMS; REDUCTION POTENTIALS; SIMULATION RESULTS; TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 48349086459     PISSN: 15707873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10723-008-9102-3     Document Type: Article

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