With the growth of mobile computing, users will have simultaneous access to multiple overlaid networks, each with Zdifferent characteristics, services and costs. This paper introd...
We analyze quality-contingent prices as a mechanism for mitigating the effects of quality uncertainty in e-commerce and IT goods services. A contingency pricing contract specifie...
Service providers and their customers agree on certain quality of service guarantees through Service Level Agreements (SLA). An SLA contains one or more Service Level Objectives (S...
Yuan Chen, Subu Iyer, Xue Liu, Dejan S. Milojicic,...
Effective and efficient Quality of Service (QoS) management is critical for a service grid to meet the requirements of both grid users and service providers. We introduce Q-GSM, a ...
High-bandwidth applications with time-dependent resource requirements demand certain resource level assurances in order to operate correctly. Quality of Service resource managemen...
Scott A. Brandt, Gary J. Nutt, Toby Berk, James E....