Optimal Decisions and Pricing in Mail Service Systems Subject to Virus Attacks
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-03-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We consider an optimal decision problem of the service providers in public mail service systems subject to virus attacks.
Two scenarios, i.e., free service systems and payment systems, are investigated in the paper.
We first formulate the considered system as a partially observable M/G/1 queue with Bernoulli vacations, and by the supplementary variable method, we obtain some performance measures of the system.
In the case of free service systems, the service provider aims to maximize the expected social welfare.
Correspondingly, we obtain a joint optimum value of scan rate and scan probability from the viewpoint of social welfare maximization and carry out a sensitivity analysis of the joint optimum value on some input parameters.
In the case of payment systems, senders are assumed to be boundedly rational, and we obtain a three-dimensional (3D) optimal strategy by combining the Stackelberg game approach and the logit choice model.
Our results provide managerial insight and are helpful for service providers to optimally select parameters of the system and make optimal pricing decisions in various situations.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zhu, Sheng& Wang, Jinting. 2020. Optimal Decisions and Pricing in Mail Service Systems Subject to Virus Attacks. Complexity،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142635
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zhu, Sheng& Wang, Jinting. Optimal Decisions and Pricing in Mail Service Systems Subject to Virus Attacks. Complexity No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142635
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zhu, Sheng& Wang, Jinting. Optimal Decisions and Pricing in Mail Service Systems Subject to Virus Attacks. Complexity. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1142635
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1142635