CFP : Special Issue of Elsevier Computer Communications on Internet Pricing and Charging
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                  Special Issue of Computer Communications
    Internet Pricing and Charging: Algorithms, Technology and Applications

Guest Editors:
Martin Karsten (Darmstadt Univ. of Technology, Germany)
Peter Reichl (FTW Vienna, Austria)
Burkhard Stiller (ETH Zuerich, Switzerland)

PUBLICATION: WINTER 2002

With the advent of differentiated Internet services, both at the transport
as well as at the application layer, the need for differentiated pricing and
efficient charging options has become apparent. Within the emerging area of
Network Economy, an explicit view on the integration of technological and
economic aspects for Internet services provisioning is essential for
achieving a better understanding of today's dramatic changes and close-ups
between Internet technology and economics in the field of networking.

The future evolution of the Internet will crucially depend on the
development of sound business models and an economic understanding of
technological alternatives. Therefore, it is increasingly important to
develop an integrated view of technical proposals and their economic
implications, and vice versa. Another important research field is given by
the potential for economy-based market management of networks and services.

This special issue of Computer Communicationsis seeking new and unpublished
contributions addressing issues on Internet Pricing and Charging including,
but not limited to:

* Internet Charging Technology
* Economy-based Policy Management Mechanisms
* Internet Pricing and Tariffing
* Economy-based Resource Management and Congestion Control
* Internet Accounting and Billing Tasks
* Internet Service Level Agreements and their Management
* Security Mechanisms for Charging Systems
* Internet Service Characterizations
* ISP Business Models
* Internet Bandwidth Exchange Models
* Application Service Provider Models

The main goal of this special issue is to provide a forum for the most
recent results on technology and algorithms for pricing and charging Internet
services and their economic effects in an open Internet services market.

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for submissions: June 1 2002
Notification of acceptance: September 1 2002
Publication: Winter 2002

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Guidelines on how to present your paper are given at
http://www.elsevier.nl/homepage/authors (Step 2). Authors are invited to
submit full original papers in electronic form (PDF or postscript) to:

Dr Martin Karsten
FG KOM, FB 18
Darmstadt University of Technology
Merckstr.25
64283 Darmstadt
Germany
Email: Martin.Karsten@KOM.tu-darmstadt.de

Full details of submission or further information are available from the
journal's web site (www.elsevier.nl/locate/comcom), or from the General
Editor, Jeremy Thompson (comcom@troubador.co.uk). Electronic submission
guidelines are available at www.elsevier.nl/homepage/authors.