Pricing as a demand management tool for record communications
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Authors
DiMaggio, Kathryn A.
Subjects
Telecommunications
Cost
Pricing mechanisms
Supply
Demand
Cost
Pricing mechanisms
Supply
Demand
Advisors
Gates, William R.
Date of Issue
1989-03
Date
March 1989
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The Naval Telecommunications System (NTS), by achieving connectivity through various networks, provides record communications within the Navy. This service is provided to a wide variety of users with different requirements. Currently, this service is provided without cost to the user. Because this service is free, there is no overt incentive to economize on its use. This may be one reason for an increase in message volume in past years. As a result of the overwhelming demand for record communications, the Naval Telecommunications System has experienced periods of delay in delivering messages to their destinations. This thesis looks at how prices could be used as a demand management tool, to ensure messages reach their destination as prescribed by the originator. It also proposes a cost estimation model which, if implemented, could provide justifiable cost based prices and serve as a basis for demand based and congestion based prices.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Department of Administrative Science
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
48 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.