In this paper we present and analyze a model for clustering in networks that offer Software as a Service (SaaS). In this problem, organizations requesting a set of applications have to be assigned to clusters such that the costs of opening clusters and installing the necessary applications in...

Distributed computer systems may be used in various ways to find good solutions to difficult combinatorial optimization problems. An interesting approach consists in executing concurrently different search methods that exchange information gathered in previously explored regions of the solution...

The rising prevalence of algorithmic pricing in industry calls for a closer study of market outcomes that arise when these algorithms interact in a competitive environment. In this paper, we study the impact of boundedly rational customer choice on the landscape of joint demand curves in...