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The Profit Maximizing Cutoff in Observable Queues with State Dependent Pricing

The Profit Maximizing Cutoff in Observable Queues with State Dependent Pricing Christian Borgs (MSR-NE) Jennifer T. Chayes (MSR-NE) Sherwin Doroudi (CMU- Tepper ) Mor Harchol-Balter (CMU-CS) Kuang Xu (MIT-LIDS) Support provided by Microsoft Computational Thinking grant.

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The Profit Maximizing Cutoff in Observable Queues with State Dependent Pricing

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  1. The Profit Maximizing Cutoff in Observable Queues with State Dependent Pricing Christian Borgs (MSR-NE) Jennifer T. Chayes (MSR-NE) Sherwin Doroudi (CMU-Tepper) MorHarchol-Balter (CMU-CS) KuangXu (MIT-LIDS) Support provided by Microsoft Computational Thinking grant 1. Background & Motivation 4. Problem Statement & Approach $ $ $ $ $ $ $ • INPUTS: fixed and • OBJECTIVE: Find cutoff to maximize the earning rate • TECHNIQUE: use a “discrete derivative” • Define • is the forward difference operator • Solve for • Obtain optimal cutoff CHARGE ENTRY PRICE OBSERVABLE QUEUE Hmm… should I join? DELAY SENSITIVE CUSTOMERS w/ LIMITED BUDGET CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE GOAL: Choose prices and admissions policy to maximize profits 2. The Queueing Model 5. The Analysis • Solve: • Define: and • Question: How do we solve this for ? • Now solve: for • Answer: Lambert (product log) function • queue • All customers are identical with parameters: Call this constant WLOG Call both of these Waiting cost per unit time Value for receiving service I wait only if: : price customers must pay : # of customers in (state of) system Or equivalently  3. How to Price? 6. Conclusions Charge as much as customers are willing to pay in each state: Cutoff at So what can the closed form do for us? But… we use an explicit early cutoff at state. Why? Asymptotic Results For fixed , as : When , as : For fixed , as : Answer: Cutoff shorter queue  high prices more often So how much do we make? Probability: Yes! Is the cutoff of practical use? Price charged: When : high cutoff  huge losses! Earning rate = (arrival rate) x (average price charged) : Probability that a new arrival sees state , given a cutoff of Earning Rate

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