A macroeconomic model for resource allocation in large-scale distributed systems

    Authors

    X. Bai; D. C. Marinescu; L. Boloni; H. J. Siegel; R. A. Daley;I. J. Wang

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Parallel Distrib. Comput.

    Keywords

    resource allocation; macroeconomic model; utility; price; consumer; utility; consumer satisfaction; large-scale distributed system; AUCTIONS; INTERNET; Computer Science, Theory & Methods

    Abstract

    In this paper we discuss an economic model for resource sharing in large-scale distributed systems. The model captures traditional concepts such as consumer satisfaction and provider revenues and enables us to analyze the effect of different pricing strategies upon measures of performance important for the consumers and the providers. We show that given a particular set of model parameters the satisfaction reaches an optimum; this value represents the perfect balance between the utility and the price paid for resources. Our results confirm that brokers play a very important role and can influence positively the market. We also show that consumer satisfaction does not track the consumer utility; these two important performance measures for consumers behave differently under different pricing strategies. Pricing strategies also affect the revenues obtained by providers, as well as, the ability to satisfy a larger population of users. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

    Volume

    68

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2008

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    182

    Last Page

    199

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000253282300005

    ISSN

    0743-7315

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