Elasticity in cloud computing: a survey

Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications

Volumn 70, Issue 7-8, 2015, Pages 289-309

  Coutinho, Emanuel Ferreira ^a   de Carvalho Sousa, Flávio Rubens ^a   Rego, Paulo Antonio Leal ^a   Gomes, Danielo Gonçalves ^a   de Souza, José Neuman ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Elasticity; Metrics; Strategies; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; ELASTICITY; SURVEYS;

COMPUTING MODEL; LOAD VARIATIONS; METRICS; ON THE FLIES; ON-DEMAND SERVICES; PAY-AS-YOU-GO; STRATEGIES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84938423530     PISSN: 00034347     EISSN: 19589395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12243-014-0450-7     Document Type: Article

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