Cloud computing is a new technology which managed by a third party “cloud provider” to
provide the clients with services anywhere, at any time, and under various circumstances. In …

Firefly algorithm (FA) is a new optimization technique based on swarm intelligence. It
simulates the social behavior of fireflies. The search pattern of FA is determined by the …

The simulation of biological processes has produced some of the most important meta-
heuristics algorithms for optimization. Evolutionary algorithms were the first, and probably …

As a result of rapid industrialisation, rising food demand globally, and, increasing concerns
associated with food safety and quality, the implementation of sustainable supply chain …

In a cloud environment, Virtual Machines (VMs) consolidation and resource provisioning are
used to address the issues of workload fluctuations. VM consolidation aims to move the VMs …

Game theory is a field of applied mathematics that studies strategic behavior of rational
factors. In other words, game theory is a collection of analytical tools that can be used to …

With time-varying workloads and service requests, cloud-based software services
necessitate adaptive resource allocation for guaranteeing Quality-of-Service (QoS) and …

Cloud manufacturing (CMfg) is emerging as an advanced service-oriented manufacturing
model for the manufacturing industry. In CMfg system, manufacturing service allocation …

Cloud computing technology provides shared computing which can be accessed over the
Internet. When cloud data centers are flooded by end-users, how to efficiently manage …

Abstract Coral Reefs Optimization (CRO) is a recently proposed evolutionary-type algorithm
which has shown promising results to tackle many complex optimization problems. This …