Data offloading and task allocation for cloudlet-assisted ad hoc mobile clouds

Wireless Networks

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 79-88

  Guo, Xijuan ^a   Liu, Liqing ^a   Chang, Zheng ^b   Ristaniemi, Tapani ^b  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ad hoc mobile cloud; Cloud computing; Cloudlet; Mobile cloud computing; Offloading; Stackelberg game

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTER GAMES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MOBILE CLOUD COMPUTING; MOBILE DEVICES; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

BACKWARD INDUCTION METHODS; CLOUDLET; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; MOBILE CLOUDS; OFFLOADING; PROCESSING CAPABILITY; STACKELBERG EQUILIBRIUM; STACKELBERG GAMES;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 84974824098     PISSN: 10220038     EISSN: 15728196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11276-016-1322-z     Document Type: Article

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