Title :
An experimental auction to allocate congested IT resources: the case of the University of Pennsylvania modem pool
Author :
Klausz, Frank J. ; Croson, David C. ; Croson, Rachel T A
Author_Institution :
Wharton Sch., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
We examine a market-based proposed solution to the modem pool access challenges faced at the University of Pennsylvania. Experimental data demonstrate that an Nth-price auction used to allocate scarce IT resources (such as congested modem pool access lines) produces a Pareto improvement in practice as well as in theory. We suggest first steps towards implementing this system, which provides users of congestible resources with a method of setting their own priority to be served
Keywords :
DP management; educational computing; information technology; modems; resource allocation; Pareto improvement; University of Pennsylvania; congested IT resource allocation; congested modem pool access lines; experimental auction; information technology; market-based solution; modem pool; Computer aided software engineering; Computer networks; Costs; Ethernet networks; Information management; Modems; Resource management; Spine; Telephony; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1998., Proceedings of the Thirty-First Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kohala Coast, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8255-8
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1998.655056
