1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

A Time Division Pricing Based Economic Model to Enhance QoS and Resources Utilization of Grid Services

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344905,
        author={Lijuan Lu and Yuhui  Deng},
        title={A Time Division Pricing Based Economic Model to Enhance QoS and Resources Utilization of Grid Services},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2007},
        month={4},
        keywords={Grid Economics Grid Service Time Division Pricing Price Elasticity Coefficient Quality of Service},
        doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344905}
    }
    
  • Lijuan Lu
    Yuhui Deng
    Year: 2007
    A Time Division Pricing Based Economic Model to Enhance QoS and Resources Utilization of Grid Services
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344905
Lijuan Lu1,*, Yuhui Deng2,*
  • 1: School of Business Administration South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, P. R. China
  • 2: Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, United Kingdom
*Contact email: LjLu@scut.edu.cn, y.deng@cranfield.ac.uk

Abstract

Grid economics helps to build a large-scale and geographically distributed grid system as it offers incentive for resource owners to contribute their resources for others to use and profit from it. Numerous grid economic models including microeconomic and macroeconomic principles have been proposed in the recent years. However, grid users (GUs)' strategy and behaviour for utility maximization have not been reflected sufficiently in these models. A time division pricing (TDP) based economic model is proposed in this paper. The model employs a price elasticity coefficient to describe the impact of the GUs' response of grid resources demand on the grid resources price. By attracting GUs to consume grid services from peak time to off-peak time in terms of the changing of grid service price, TDP based economic model can enhance quality of service and grid resources utilization of grid services significantly.