Profit-aware overload protection in E-commerce Web sites

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 347-356

  Yue, Chuan ^a   Wang, Haining ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Admission control; E commerce; Overload protection; Profit aware

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; EARNINGS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ADMISSION CONTROL; ADMISSION CONTROL DECISIONS; E-COMMERCE; HASH TABLES; IP ADDRESS; OVERLOAD CONDITIONS; OVERLOAD PROTECTION; PROFIT-AWARE; RESPONSE TIME; WEB SITES;

SALES;

EID: 59549098925     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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