Price of simplicity under congestion

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2158-2168

  Lee, Dongmyung ^a   Mo, Jeonghoon ^b   Jin, Guang ^c   Park, Jinwoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Highbrow Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Congestion Externality; Flat Price; Internet; Price of Simplicity; Pricing; Two Part Tariff

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION EXTERNALITY; FLAT PRICE; NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDERS; PRICE OF SIMPLICITY; TWO-PART TARIFF;

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; INTERNET;

COSTS;

EID: 84870272169     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2012.121208     Document Type: Article

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