• DocumentCode
    1464429
  • Title

    Streamlining the digital economy: how to avert a tragedy of the commons

  • Author

    Gupta, Alok ; Jukic, Boris ; Parameswaran, Manoj ; Stahl, Dale O. ; Whinston, Andrew B.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Res. in Electron. Commerce, Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1997
  • Firstpage
    38
  • Lastpage
    46
  • Abstract
    To achieve its unique potential in a digital economy, the Internet must be able to guarantee a quality of service. Solving this problem requires the integration of economic principles and engineering design. The authors describe their work on a control mechanism that is decentralized and computationally feasible
  • Keywords
    DP industry; EFTS; Internet; business communication; business data processing; commerce; decentralised control; design engineering; economics; Internet; computationally feasible mechanism; decentralized control mechanism; digital economy; electronic commerce; engineering design; guaranteed service quality; streamlining; Computer networks; Costs; Economic forecasting; Electronic commerce; IP networks; Internet; Pricing; Protocols; Quality of service; Resource management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Internet Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7801
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/4236.643935
  • Filename
    643935