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. 2020 Sep 24;9(1):308–318. doi: 10.1109/TNSE.2020.3026637

TABLE II. Notations.

Notation Description
i subscript player
k subscript quality attribute
Inline graphic performance rating of attribute k for provider i
Inline graphic price paid to the provider
Inline graphic utility function for the broker
Inline graphic utility function for the provider
Inline graphic relative a=importance weight for quality attribute k
Inline graphic single cost paramter to produce quality attribute k
Inline graphic score function for attribute ratings
Inline graphic cost value for provider i
Inline graphic is the bid density
Inline graphic set of edge computing service providers
Inline graphic set of quality attributes
Inline graphic set of performance ratings
Inline graphic set of weights for each quality attribute