| Article ID: | iaor20082077 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 35 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 297 |
| End Page Number: | 307 |
| Publication Date: | May 2007 |
| Journal: | Operations Research Letters |
| Authors: | Mandjes Michel, Nez-Queija Rudesindo, Berg Hans van den |
| Keywords: | internet |
We study a processor-sharing model in which users choose between a high- and a low-priority service, based on their utility functions and prices charged by the service provider. The latter aims at revenue maximization. The model is motivated by file transmissions in data networks with distributed congestion control.