A game-theoretic approach to the financial benefits of infrastructure-as-a-service
We propose a game theoretic-model of the infrastructure-as-a-service market. We examine pricing and usage dynamics and how they depend on factors like economies of scale and load distribution. The possibility of hybrid clouds is essential for the client to profit of a purely on-demand cloud. A reserved instance option causes higher on-demand instance prices and costs to the client.
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