Revenue maximization with dynamic auctions in IaaS cloud markets

IEEE International Workshop on Quality of Service, IWQoS

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 57-62

  Wang, Wei ^a   Liang, Ben ^a   Li, Baochun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTICALLY OPTIMAL; AUCTION MECHANISMS; CAPACITY ALLOCATION; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; MARKET DYNAMICS; PAYMENT SCHEMES; REVENUE MAXIMIZATION; SERVICE GUARANTEES;

COSTS; DESIGN; ECONOMICS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84881334724     PISSN: 1548615X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWQoS.2013.6550265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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