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MIT Press Ltd Internet Economics 1997 Edition by Lee W. McKnight, Joseph P. Bailey
The Internet has rapidly become an important element of the economic system. The lack of accepted metrics for economic analysis of Internet transactions is therefore increasingly problematic. This book, one of the first to bring together research on Internet engineering and economics, attempts to establish such metrics.The chapters, which developed out of a 1995 workshop held at MIT, include architectural models and analyses of Internet usage, as well as alternative pricing policies. The book is organized into six sections: 1) Introduction to Internet Economics, 2) The Economics of the Internet, 3) Interconnection and Multicast Economics, 4) Usage Sensitive Pricing, 5) Internet Commerce, and 6) Internet Economics and Policy.Contributors: Loretta Anania, Joseph P. Bailey, Nevil Brownlee, David Carver, David Clark, David W. Crawford, Ketil Danielsen, Deborah Estrin, Branko Gerovac, David Gingold, Jiong Gong, Alok Gupta, Shai Herzog, Clark Johnson, Martyne M. Hallgren, Frank P. Kelly, Charlie Lai, Alan K. McAdams, Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason, Lee W. McKnight, Gennady Medvinsky, Liam Murphy, John Murphy, B. Clifford Neuman, Jon M. Peha, Joseph Reagle, Mitrabarun Sarkar, Scott Shenker, Marvin A. Sirbu, Richard Jay Solomon, Padmanabhan Srinagesh, Dale O. Stahl, Hal R. Varian, Qiong Wang, Martin Weiss, Andrew B. Whinston. Table of contents :- Preface ; Acknowledgement ; 1. Platelet preparation and functional responses ; 2. Cellular model systems to study megakaryocyte differentiation ; 3. Techniques in the preparation of semi-permeable platelets and their uses ; 4. Use of fluorescent indicators to measure intracellular Ca2+ and other ions ; 5. Preparation of highly purified human platelet plasma and intracellular membranes using high voltage free flow electrophoresis and methods to study Ca2+ regulation ; 6. The use of flow-cytometry to study platelet activation ; 7. Identification, isolation, and characterization of platelet glycoproteins mediating platelet adhesion ; 8. Monoclonal antibodies to platelet cell surface antigens and their use ; 9. Measurement of protein phosphorylation, kinase activity, and G protein function in intact platelets and membrane preparations ; 10. Tyrosine phosphorylation ; 11. Study of proteins associated with the platelet cytoskeleton ; 12. Methods for measuring agonist-induced phosphlipid metabolism in intact human platelets ; 13. Cyclic nucleotides: measurement and function ; 14. Immunocytochemical and electron microscope studies of platelets ; 15. Clinical aspects of platelet function ; 16. Platelet procoagulent activity and its measurement ; 17. The study of platelet function in other species ; List of suppliers ; Index