Optimising resource costs of cloud computing for education

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 473-479

  Koch, Fernando ^a   Assunção, Marcos D ^b   Cardonha, Carlos ^c   Netto, Marco A S ^c  

^a Samsung Research Institute   (Brazil)

^b UNIV LYON   (France)

^c IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Education; QoS; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COST REDUCTION; COSTS; EDUCATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BUDGET RESTRICTIONS; COST OPTIMISATION; DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; DIGITAL TEACHINGS; EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION STRATEGIES; UNIQUE FEATURES;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84954381069     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2015.03.013     Document Type: Article

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