The cloud computing environment may be considered as market for computing and storage
resources. Providers rent their available resources in the form of Virtual Machines (VM) and …

Users and providers have different requirements and objectives in an investment market.
Users will pay the lowest price possible with certain guaranteed levels of service at a …

Cloud computing is an Internet‐based computing and networking model, with elasticity and
scalability capabilities where the services are delivered to its users in a non‐demand style …

Recently, Cloud computing has emerged as a market where computing related resources
are treated as a utility and are priced. There is a big competition among the Cloud service …

Auction-based virtual resource allocation is a major problem for cloud computing. However,
previous studies have typically equated virtual resources with ordinary items and designs …

In the cloud computing, idle resources can be integrated and allocated to users in the form of
service. A resource allocation mechanism is in need to effectively allocate resources …

The contemporary literature on cloud resource allocation is mostly focused on studying the
interactions between customers and cloud managers. Nevertheless, the recent growth in the …

One of the most complex issues in the cloud computing environment is the problem of
resource allocation so that, on one hand, the cloud provider expects the most profitability …

The cloud system is designed, implemented and conceptualized as a marketplace where
resources are traded. This demands efficient allocation of resources to benefit both the cloud …

Double auctions are considered to be effective price-scheduling mechanisms to resolve
cloud resource allocation and service pricing problems. Most of the classical double auction …