An SMDP-based service model for interdomain resource allocation in mobile cloud networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2222-2232

  Liang, Hongbin ^a,b   Cai, Lin X ^c   Huang, Dijiang ^d   Shen, Xuemin ^b   Peng, Daiyuan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocking probability; mobile cloud computing service domain; semi Markov decision process (SMDP); system rewards

Indexed keywords

CLOUD SERVICES; CLOUD SYSTEMS; COMPUTATION LOADS; COMPUTING SERVICES; COMPUTING SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; INTER-DOMAIN; NUMBER OF SERVICES; SEMI-MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; SERVICE DISRUPTIONS; SERVICE MODEL; SERVICE REQUESTS; SYSTEM FOCUS; SYSTEM REWARDS; USER SATISFACTION;

BLOCKING PROBABILITY; CLOUD COMPUTING; DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84862563533     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2012.2194748     Document Type: Article

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