A framework for commercial grids - Economic and technical challenges

Journal of Grid Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-347

  Neumann, Dirk ^a   Stößer, Jochen ^a   Weinhardt, Christof ^a   Nimis, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FZI RESEARCH CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic pricing; Electronic markets; Grid computing

Indexed keywords

MARKETING;

BUSINESS MEDIA; BUSINESS MODEL (BM); COMMERCIAL SETTINGS; GRID ENVIRONMENTS; GRID TECHNOLOGIES; MARKET MECHANISMS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 48349137249     PISSN: 15707873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10723-008-9105-0     Document Type: Article

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