Multiple Criteria Decision Making in Application Layer Networks

The rise of the Internet economy can be attributed to the worldwide spread of Internetaccess points and the rapid pace of ICT development (information and communicationtechnology), which together induced cross-border networking between privatehouseholds, enterprises and entire markets [Wirt01, 23–25]. The Internet economypaved the way for electronic Commerce (eCommerce) and enabled traditional enterprisesto move parts of their value chain online [Wirt01, 40]:According to Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, the turnovershare from eCommerce has soared by a compound annual growth rate of 26 percentduring the past three years (Figure 1) [Euro08a]....