Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
37(4-5)
Published: Feb. 28, 2025
ABSTRACT
Cloud
computing
has
seen
a
surge
in
demand,
driven
by
its
scalability
and
cost
efficiency.
However,
the
growing
energy
consumption
of
data
centers
poses
significant
environmental
challenges.
This
study
introduces
multidimensional
resource
allocation
model
designed
to
allocate
place
virtual
resources
an
energy‐efficient
manner
using
combinatorial
auction
approach.
Unlike
current
approaches,
which
rely
on
predefined
resources,
this
allows
users
request
with
specific
features
capacities
tailored
their
workflows.
Furthermore,
it
incorporates
flexible
bidding
language
that
supports
simultaneous
requests
for
multiple
logical
AND/OR
relations.
The
accommodates
various
centers,
allowing
indicate
preferred
locations.
Through
optimization
problem,
identifies
most
resource‐efficient
allocations
placements.
provides
mathematical
definition
formulation
problem.
Given
complexity
explores
several
heuristic
methods,
including
ant
colony
genetic
algorithms.
A
test
case
generator
is
developed
simulate
real‐life
scenarios.
effectiveness
proposed
solutions
assessed
through
experiments,
demonstrating
these
methods
can
achieve
near‐optimal
within
reasonable
timeframes.
IEEE Systems Journal,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
16(2), P. 3163 - 3174
Published: July 20, 2021
To
facilitate
cost-effective
and
elastic
computing
benefits
to
the
cloud
users,
energy-efficient
secure
allocation
of
virtual
machines
(VMs)
plays
a
significant
role
at
data
centre.
The
inefficient
VM
Placement
(VMP)
sharing
common
physical
among
multiple
users
leads
resource
wastage,
excessive
power
consumption,
increased
inter-communication
cost
security
breaches.
address
aforementioned
challenges,
novel
multi-objective
machine
placement
(SM-VMP)
framework
is
proposed
with
an
efficient
migration.
ensures
distribution
resources
VMs
that
emphasizes
timely
execution
user
application
by
reducing
delay.
VMP
carried
out
applying
Whale
Optimization
Genetic
Algorithm
(WOGA),
inspired
whale
evolutionary
optimization
non-dominated
sorting
based
genetic
algorithms.
performance
evaluation
for
static
dynamic
comparison
recent
state-of-the-arts
observed
notable
reduction
in
shared
servers,
cost,
consumption
time
up
28.81%,
25.7%,
35.9%
82.21%,
respectively
utilization
30.21%.
IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
10(4), P. 2804 - 2816
Published: Feb. 12, 2021
The
elasticity
of
cloud
resources
allows
clients
to
expand
and
shrink
their
demand
for
dynamically
over
time.
However,
fluctuations
in
the
resource
demands
pre-defined
size
virtual
machines
(VMs)
lead
lack
utilization,
load
imbalance,
excessive
power
consumption.
To
address
these
issues
improve
performance
data
center,
an
efficient
management
framework
is
proposed,
which
anticipates
utilization
servers
balances
accordingly.
It
facilitates
saving,
by
minimizing
number
active
servers,
VM
migrations,
maximizing
utilization.
An
online
prediction
system,
developed
deployed
at
each
minimize
risk
Service
Level
Agreement
(SLA)
violations
degradation
due
under/overloaded
servers.
In
addition,
multi-objective
placement
migration
algorithms
are
proposed
reduce
network
traffic
consumption
within
center.
evaluated
executing
experiments
on
three
real
world
workload
datasets
namely,
Google
Cluster
dataset,
Planet
Lab,
Bitbrains
traces.
comparison
with
state-of-the-art
approaches
reveals
its
superiority
terms
different
metrics.
improvement
saving
achieved
OP-MLB
upto
85.3
percent
Best-Fit
approach.
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
32(12), P. 2893 - 2905
Published: May 11, 2021
This
work
presents
a
novel
Evolutionary
Quantum
Neural
Network
(EQNN)
based
workload
prediction
model
for
Cloud
datacenter.
It
exploits
the
computational
efficiency
of
quantum
computing
by
encoding
information
into
qubits
and
propagating
this
through
network
to
estimate
or
resource
demands
with
enhanced
accuracy
proactively.
The
rotation
reverse
effects
Controlled-NOT
(C-NOT)
gate
serve
activation
function
at
hidden
output
layers
adjust
qubit
weights.
In
addition,
Self
Balanced
Adaptive
Differential
Evolution
(SB-ADE)
algorithm
is
developed
optimize
EQNN
extensively
evaluated
compared
seven
state-of-the-art
methods
using
eight
real
world
benchmark
datasets
three
different
categories.
Experimental
results
reveal
that
use
approach
evolutionary
neural
substantially
improves
up
91.6
percent
over
existing
approaches.
IEEE Access,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
9, P. 152536 - 152563
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
Enhancing
the
efficiency
and
reliability
of
data
center
are
technical
challenges
for
maintaining
quality
services
end-users
in
operation.
The
energy
consumption
models
components
pivotal
ensuring
optimal
design
internal
facilities
limiting
center.
modeling
is
also
important
since
end-user’s
satisfaction
depends
on
availability
services.
In
this
review,
state-of-the-art
research
gaps
identified,
which
could
be
beneficial
future
design,
planning,
major
load
sections
i.e.,
information
technology
(IT),
power
conditioning
system
(IPCS),
cooling
section
systematically
reviewed
classified,
reveals
advantages
disadvantages
different
applications.
Based
analysis
related
findings
it
concluded
that
model
parameters
variables
more
than
accuracy,
often
necessary
studies.
Additionally,
lack
IPCS
while
losses
cause
issues
should
considered
with
importance
designing
absence
a
review
identified
leads
paper
to
assessment
aspects,
needed
adaptation
new
technologies
equipment
indices,
models,
methodologies
first
time,
where
divided
into
two
groups
analytical
simulation-based
approaches.
There
components’
failure
data,
as
gaps.
addition,
dependency
included
shows
service
impacted
by
section.
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
19(3), P. 3048 - 3061
Published: April 26, 2022
Cloud
computing
has
become
inevitable
for
every
digital
service
which
exponentially
increased
its
usage.
However,
a
tremendous
surge
in
cloud
resource
demand
stave
off
availability
resulting
into
outages,
performance
degradation,
load
imbalance,
and
excessive
power-consumption.
The
existing
approaches
mainly
attempt
to
address
the
problem
by
using
multi-cloud
running
multiple
replicas
of
virtual
machine
(VM)
accounts
high
operational-cost.
This
paper
proposes
Fault
Tolerant
Elastic
Resource
Management
(FT-ERM)
framework
that
addresses
aforementioned
from
different
perspective
inducing
high-availability
servers
VMs.
Specifically,
(1)
an
online
failure
predictor
is
developed
anticipate
failure-prone
VMs
based
on
predicted
contention;
(2)
operational
status
server
monitored
with
help
power
analyser,
estimator
thermal
analyser
identify
any
due
overloading
overheating
proactively;
(3)
are
assigned
proposed
fault-tolerance
unit
composed
decision
matrix
safe
box
trigger
VM
migration
handle
outage
beforehand
while
maintaining
desired
level
users.
evaluated
compared
against
state-of-the-arts
executing
experiments
two
real-world
datasets.
FT-ERM
improved
services
up
34.47%
scales
down
VM-migration
power-consumption
88.6%
62.4%,
respectively
over
without
approach.
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
34(4), P. 1313 - 1330
Published: Jan. 30, 2023
The
precise
estimation
of
resource
usage
is
a
complex
and
challenging
issue
due
to
the
high
variability
dimensionality
heterogeneous
service
types
dynamic
workloads.
Over
last
few
years,
prediction
traffic
has
received
ample
attention
from
research
community.
Many
machine
learning-based
workload
forecasting
models
have
been
developed
by
exploiting
their
computational
power
learning
capabilities.
This
paper
presents
first
systematic
survey
cum
performance
analysis-based
comparative
study
diversified
learning-driven
cloud
models.
discussion
initiates
with
significance
predictive
management
followed
schematic
description,
operational
design,
motivation,
challenges
concerning
these
Classification
taxonomy
different
approaches
into
five
distinct
categories
are
presented
focusing
on
theoretical
concepts
mathematical
functioning
existing
state-of-the-art
methods.
most
prominent
belonging
class
thoroughly
surveyed
compared.
All
classified
implemented
common
platform
for
investigation
comparison
using
three
benchmark
traces
via
experimental
analysis.
essential
key
indicators
evaluated
concluded
discussing
trade-offs
notable
remarks.
IEEE Systems Journal,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
17(3), P. 3894 - 3905
Published: March 13, 2023
Virtual
machine
placement
(VMP)
is
the
process
of
selecting
most
appropriate
physical
(PM)
to
place
users'
requested
virtual
(VM)
in
large
cloud
data
centers.
Several
methods
have
been
framed
deal
with
this
problem.
However,
current
solutions
only
consider
limited
resource
types,
resulting
an
unbalanced
load
that
activates
unnecessary
PMs
inside
center.
In
article,
we
suggest
a
flower
pollination-based
nondominated
sorting
optimization
(FP-NSO)
algorithm
maximizes
usage
and
minimizes
energy
consumption
carbon
emission
Multiple
resource-constraint
metrics
are
associated
our
assists
finding
suitable
for
deploying
VMs
environment.
The
VMP
carried
out
by
employing
combined
concept
pollination
technique-based
genetic
(NSGA-II).
evaluated
using
Google
cluster
dataset.
performance
like
utilization,
power
consumption,
values
computed
static
dynamic
scenarios.
obtained
results
compared
existing
approaches.
There
significant
reduction
emission,
execution
time
up
16.69%,
48.60%,
75.87%,
respectively,
improvement
utilization
78.18%.