A disruptive technology fundamentally transforming the way that computing services are
delivered, cloud computing offers information and communication technology users a new …

Complex continuous optimization problems widely exist nowadays due to the fast
development of the economy and society. Moreover, the technologies like Internet of things …

Workload balancing in cloud computing is still challenging problem, especially in
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) in the cloud model. A problem that should not occur during …

Virtual machine placement (VMP) and energy efficiency are significant topics in cloud
computing research. In this paper, evolutionary computing is applied to VMP to minimize the …

Cloud workflow scheduling is significantly challenging due to not only the large scale of
workflow but also the elasticity and heterogeneity of cloud resources. Moreover, the pricing …

Cloud workflow scheduling is a significant topic in both commercial and industrial
applications. However, the growing scale of workflow has made such a scheduling problem …

Workflow scheduling is a key issue and remains a challenging problem in cloud computing.
Faced with the large number of virtual machine (VM) types offered by cloud providers, cloud …

Workflow scheduling is a largely studied research topic in cloud computing, which targets to
utilize cloud resources for workflow tasks by considering the objectives specified in QoS. In …

Large-scale applications of Internet of things (IoT), which require considerable computing
tasks and storage resources, are increasingly deployed in cloud environments. Compared …

Workflow scheduling concerns the mapping of complex tasks to cloud resources by taking
into account various Quality of Service requirements. In virtue of continuous proliferation in …