The Use of Efficient Cost Allocation Mechanisms for Congestion Pricing in Data Networks with Priority Service Models

International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking (IJBDCN)

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-49

  Beltran, Fernando ^a   Garcia Diaz, Cesar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aumann Shapley pricing; data networks; efficient congestion based pricing; nonpre emptive priorities Shapley value

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001849145     PISSN: 15480631     EISSN: 1548064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jbdcn.2005010103     Document Type: Article

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