Research Article

A Multidimensional Data Utility Evaluation and Pricing Scheme in the Big Data Market

Table 1

List of commonly used symbols.

SymbolDefinition

Dataset
Data size
Data nonnoise ratio
Data class-balanced ratio
Data utility
Data service subscription price per unit of data utility
Data price per unit of data utility
Accuracy function for data size
Accuracy function for data nonnoise ratio
Accuracy function for data class-balanced ratio
Data utility evaluation function
Profit function of the data provider
Profit function of the service provider
Reward function of the service user
Profit function of the service user
Cost per unit of data utility