A Cournot–Nash–Bertrand game theory model of a service-oriented Internet with price and quality competition among network transport providers

Computational Management Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 475-502

  Nagurney, Anna ^a,b   Wolf, Tilman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Bertrand competition; Cournot Nash equilibrium; Game theory; Network economics; Oligopolistic competition; Projected dynamical systems; Quality competition; Service differentiation; Service oriented Internet; Variational inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919449433     PISSN: 1619697X     EISSN: 16196988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10287-013-0183-5     Document Type: Article

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