Cloud computing system management under flat rate pricing

Journal of Network and Systems Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-318

  Li, Chu Fen ^a  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fairness; Performance evaluation; Pricing mechanism; Social welfare; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

FAIRNESS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PRICING MECHANISM; SOCIAL WELFARE; TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COSTS;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 80052633747     PISSN: 10647570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10922-010-9196-3     Document Type: Article

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