On optimization of simulation execution on Amazon EC2 spot market

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-187

  Kamiński, Bogumił ^a   Szufel, Przemysław ^a  

^a WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amazon EC2; Cloud based simulation; Cost optimization; Simulation of the cloud; Spot prices

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE;

AMAZON EC2; BIDDING ALGORITHMS; BIDDING STRATEGY; CLOUD-BASED; COMPUTATION COSTS; COST OPTIMIZATION; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; SPOT PRICE;

COSTS;

EID: 84947037561     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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