Network virtualization (NV) allows service providers (SPs) to instantiate logically isolated
entities called virtual networks (VNs) on top of a substrate network (SN). Though VNs bring …

In recent years, more and more large-scale data processing and computing workflow
applications run on heterogeneous clouds. Such cloud applications with precedence …

Internet of Things (IoT) is producing an extraordinary volume of data daily, and it is possible
that the data may become useless while on its way to the cloud, due to long distances …

Industrial applications often require federated cloud services from multiple providers to
improve reliability and flexibility. Traditional selection methods through auctions usually …

In recent years, the energy consumption of data centers (DCs) has increased rapidly. Since
the demand response (DR) capability of DCs is considerable, DCs play an important role in …

Distributed analytics facilitate to make the data-driven services smarter for a wider range of
applications in many domains, including agriculture. The key to producing services at such …

Applications hosted in commercial clouds are typically multi-tier and comprise multiple
tightly coupled virtual machines (VMs). Service providers (SPs) cater to the users using VM …

A virtual data center (VDC) comprises multiple virtual machines (VMs) with communication
dependencies represented as virtual links (VLs). These virtual components, ie, VMs and …

Virtualization of resources has been adopted in different environments such as wireless
sensor networks (WSN), 5G networks, Fog computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and …

Network virtualization (NV) can provide greater flexibility, better control, and improved
quality of service (QoS) for the existing Internet architecture by enabling heterogeneous …