Grid economics: A selective discussion of two research problems

Journal of Grid Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-224

  Krishnan, Ramayya ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grid; Pricing mechanism; Resource provisioning research

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COST ACCOUNTING; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANISMS; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECIFICATIONS;

ALLOCATION MECHANISMS; BUSINESS MEDIA; BUSINESS MODEL (BM); DATA GRIDS; DATA STORAGE; DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (DST); ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; GRID COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS; GRID ENVIRONMENTS; GRID RESOURCES; P2P FILE SHARING; PRICING MECHANISMS; PRICING PROBLEMS; RESEARCH PROBLEMS; RESEARCH PROPOSALS; RESOURCE ESTIMATION; RESOURCE PROVISIONING; RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS; RESOURCE SHARING; SOCIAL WELFARE;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 48349121560     PISSN: 15707873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10723-007-9097-1     Document Type: Article

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