Asymptotic optimality of a greedy randomized algorithm in a large-scale service system with general packing constraints

Queueing Systems

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 117-143

  Stolyar, Alexander L ^a   Zhong, Yuan ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Fluid limit; Greedy random algorithm; Infinite server system; Queueing networks; Stochastic bin packing; Virtual machine

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NETWORK SECURITY; OPTIMIZATION; QUEUEING NETWORKS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL MACHINE;

ASYMPTOTIC OPTIMALITY; ASYMPTOTICALLY OPTIMAL; BIN PACKING; FLUID LIMITS; LARGE-SCALE SERVICE SYSTEMS; RANDOM ALGORITHMS; SERVER SYSTEM; STEADY STATE PERFORMANCE;

SALES;

EID: 84904532402     PISSN: 02570130     EISSN: 15729443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11134-014-9414-x     Document Type: Article

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