Optimal pricing and service provisioning strategies in cloud systems: A stackelberg game approach

IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing, CLOUD

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 115-122

  Valerio, Valerio Di ^a   Cardellini, Valeria ^a   Presti, Francesco Lo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cloud; Resource Allocation; Resource Pricing; Stackelberg Games

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION STRATEGY; EQUILIBRIUM SOLUTIONS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAM WITH EQUILIBRIUM CONSTRAINTS; PROVISIONING SCHEMES; RESOURCE PRICING; SERVICE PROVISIONING; STACKELBERG GAMES; STANDARD OPTIMIZATION;

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; ECONOMICS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS); STAGES;

INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS);

EID: 84897703877     PISSN: 21596182     EISSN: 21596190     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CLOUD.2013.102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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