Title
A macroeconomic model for resource allocation in large-scale distributed systems
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
ISSN
0743-7315
Recommended Citation
"A macroeconomic model for resource allocation in large-scale distributed systems" (2008). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 94.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/94
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