A game-theoretic model for dynamic pricing and competition among cloud providers

Proceedings - 2013 IEEE/ACM 6th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing, UCC 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 235-238

  Truong Huu, Tram ^a   Tham, Chen Khong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cloud; dynamic pricing; game theory; MDP

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; CLOUDS; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COSTS; GAME THEORY; MARKOV PROCESSES;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS; DYNAMIC PRICING; DYNAMIC RESOURCES; GAME-THEORETIC MODEL; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; MARKOV PERFECT EQUILIBRIUM; MDP;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84901684405     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UCC.2013.48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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