This book provides one of the first unified accounts of the dynamic aspects involved in the
strategic behavior in queues. The author presents the material in an easy style with mostly …

Delineating the tremendous growth in this area, the Handbook of Approximation Algorithms
and Metaheuristics covers fundamental, theoretical topics as well as advanced, practical …

In cloud computing, a provider leases its computing resources in the form of virtual machines
to users, and a price is charged for the period they are used. Though static pricing is the …

In this survey, we summarize different modeling and solution concepts of networking games,
as well as a number of different applications in telecommunications that make use of or can …

Purpose–This study aims to adopt illusion of control and lateral consumer relationship in
order to investigate their effects on price fairness in online auction and group buying context …

We develop an analytical framework for distribution of popular content in an information
centric network (ICN) that is comprised of access ICNs, a transit ICN, and a content provider …

Within the current Internet, autonomous ISPs implement bilateral agreements, with each ISP
establishing agreements that suit its own local objective to maximize its profit. Peering …

We present a cloud resource procurement approach which not only automates the selection
of an appropriate cloud vendor but also implements dynamic pricing. Three possible …

Dynamic pricing is the dynamic adjustment of prices to consumers depending upon the
value these customers attribute to a product or service. Today's digital economy is ready for …

Cloud applications that offer data management services are emerging. Such clouds support
caching of data in order to provide quality query services. The users can query the cloud …