Dynamic quality behavior of differential pricing and of service options for the internet

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Information and Computation Economies, ICE 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 128-139

  Fishburn, Peter C ^a   Odlyzko, Andrew M ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DYNAMICS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; INTERNET;

CHARGING MECHANISM; CURRENT TRANSMISSION; DIFFERENTIAL PRICING; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; EXPLOSIVE GROWTH; PHYSICAL NETWORK; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS; TRANSMISSION COSTS;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 84993051678     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/288994.289024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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