Cost-based decision-making in middleware virtualization environments

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 344-357

  Dutta, Kaushik ^a   VanderMeer, Debra ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computing science; Resource assignment; System design; Virtualization

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SERVERS; COMPUTING SCIENCE; MANAGERIAL DECISION; OPTIMAL ALLOCATION; RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT; RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS; RUNNING APPLICATIONS; RUNTIME MODELS; SERVICE RESOURCES; SYSTEM DESIGN; VIRTUALIZATIONS;

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIDDLEWARE; SERVERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COSTS;

EID: 78650415594     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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