Dynamic, behavioral-based estimation of resource provisioning based on high-level application terms in Cloud platforms

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-40

  Kousiouris, George ^a   Menychtas, Andreas ^a   Kyriazis, Dimosthenis ^a,b   Gogouvitis, Spyridon ^a   Varvarigou, Theodora ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Cloud computing; Performance estimation; SLA translation; Workload prediction

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; APPLICATION SCENARIO; HIGH LEVEL APPLICATIONS; HIGH-LEVEL INFORMATION; PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION; RESOURCE PROVISIONS; TRACE DRIVEN SIMULATION; WORKLOAD PREDICTIONS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLOUD COMPUTING; E-LEARNING; ESTIMATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84891591164     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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