Inhalt

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  Introduction
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   Motivation
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   Working Hypothesis & Approach
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   Thesis Structure
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   Contributions
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  Fundamentals
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   Cloud Computing
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   Service-Oriented Architecture
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   Cloud-Services and Economics
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   The Cloud Stack
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  Game Theory
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   Basic Approach
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   Applicability & Limits
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   Evolutionary Game Theory
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  Pricing & Usage Dynamics
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   Introduction
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   Related Work
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  A Game-Theoretic Market Model
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   Setup
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   A Simple Cost Model
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   Pricing Without Hybrid Clouds
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   Combining Cloud and Data Center
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   Different Load Profiles
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   Provider Profit
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   Utilities & Subgame Perfect Nash Equilibrium
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   Client Demand Aggregation
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  Future Infrastructure Cloud Pricing
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   Case Study
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   Provider Profit Estimation
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   Applying the Model to the Case Study
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  Including Reserved Instances in the Model
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   On-Demand and Reserved Instances
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   Pricing On-Demand and Reserved Instances
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   Reserved Instances in the Case Study
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   Two-Part Tariffs
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  Discussion & Conclusions
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   Effects of Hybrid Clouds
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   Effects of Reserved Instances
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   Effects of Economies of Scale and Market Form
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   Availability Risk & Intangible Aspects
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   Remarks on Ultimatum Game, Demand Correlation and Colocation
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  Provider Competition
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   Introduction
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   Related Work
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  A Game-Theoretic Approach
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   Prices and Costs
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   Provider Monopoly
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   Provider Duopoly
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  Two-Part Tariffs
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   Two-Part Tariffs in a Monopoly
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   Two-Part Tariffs in a Duopoly
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   Multiple Two-Part Tariffs per Provider
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  Three-Part Tariffs
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   Three-Part Tariffs in a Monopoly
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   Three-Part Tariffs in a Duopoly
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   Two-Part Tariffs with Asymmetric Production Costs
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   Conclusion and Implications on the IaaS Market
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  Data Centers for Processing and Storage in Separate Locations
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   Introduction
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   Related Work
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  Placing Storage and Processing Infrastructure Sites
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   Separating Storage and Processing as Products
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   Separating Storage and Processing Locations
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  Game-Theoretic Model
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   Setup
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   Fitness Functions
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   Analysis
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   Development over Time
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  Colocation Gain Distribution
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   Gain Distribution Extension of the Model
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   Colocation Gain Dynamics and Stable States
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  Implications on IaaS Clouds
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   Possible Economies of Scale and Location
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   Stable Markets in IaaS
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   Conclusions
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  Discussion of the Model
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   Preference of Combined Demand
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   Several Facilities per Strategy
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   Very Large Facilites
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   Applications Other than IaaS
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  Cloud Infrastructure and the Future Internet
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   Introduction
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   Related Work
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  Background
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  Caching Technologies
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   Web Caching
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   Content Delivery Networks
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   Cloud Storage
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   In-network Caching
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   Assumptions
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  Game-Theoretical Setup
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   Business Model Game
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   Resource Allocation Game
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  Game Analysis
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   Equilibria in the Business Model Game
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   Pareto Optimality in the Business Model Game
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   Equilibria in the Resource Allocation Game
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   Pareto Optimality in the Resource Allocation Game
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   Discussion of the Business Model Game
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   Discussion of the Resource Allocation Game
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  After Cache Deployment
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   Storage Elasticity and Problem Description
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   Incentives in a Repeated Game
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   Conclusions
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  Discussion
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   Introduction
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   A Prospect on the Future of Cloud Infrastructure
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   Cloud Beneficiaries in Different Market Forms
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   The Tragedy of the Common Cloud
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   Bibliography
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   List of Figures
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   List of Tables
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   List of Abbreviations