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QoS commitment between vertically integrated autonomous systems

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Hélène Le Cadre *
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Dominique Barth
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Hélia Pouyllau
DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2011.04.041delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Vertically integrated autonomous systems bargain to provide quality of service guarantees and revenue sharing. Depending on the perceived quality of service and access price, consumers determine whether they subscribe to the access provider's service. Four types of contracts are compared: (i) best effort, (ii) bilateral bargaining, (iii) cascade negotiations and (iv) grand coalition cooperation; the impact of the consumers' QoS sensitivity parameter and power relation are tested for each contract. Assuming that the consumers' quality of service sensitivity parameter is unknown and might evolve dynamically due to error judgement, word-of-mouth effect or competition pressure, a learning algorithm is detailed and implemented by each integrated autonomous systems under asymmetrical information. Its convergence and the influence of bias introduction by the most informed autonomous system is analyzed. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords:
Bilateral bargaining
Supply chain
Shapley value
Learning

Journal

European Journal of Operational Research cover
European Journal of Operational Research
IF:
6
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2.2W
Citations:
6.4W

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alcatel-lucent
Scholars:
997
Papers: 728
Citations: 2
U
Universite Paris Saclay
Scholars:
7.3W
Papers: 5.3W
Citations: 540