Enabling cost-aware and adaptive elasticity of multi-tier cloud applications

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-98

  Han, Rui ^a   Ghanem, Moustafa M ^a   Guo, Li ^a   Guo, Yike ^a   Osmond, Michelle ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive scaling algorithm; Cloud computing; Cost aware criteria; Elasticity; Multi tier applications

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ELASTICITY; ADAPTIVE SCALING; CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURES; CLOUD-BASED APPLICATIONS; COST-AWARE; E-COMMERCE APPLICATIONS; INTELLIGENT PLATFORM; MULTI-TIER APPLICATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; CLOUD COMPUTING; COSTS; ELASTICITY; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 84891600220     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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