Decentralized Regulation of a Queue
分析了一种通过竞价决定服务优先级的机制，证明在服务需求服从指数分布时，该机制能实现社会最优的到达过程和服务顺序，且利润最大化的服务率不高于社会最优水平。
A bidding machanism for determining priorities in a service system is analyzed. It is shown that when all customers have the same exponential service demand, this mechanism induces both the socially optimal arrival process and the service order. It is also shown that the profit-maximizing service rate in this model is smaller than or equal to the socially optimal one.