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Algorithmic Aspects of Resource Management in the Cloud

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Structural Information and Communication Complexity (SIROCCO 2014)

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In this survey article, we discuss two algorithmic research areas that emerge from problems that arise when resources are offered in the cloud. The first area, online leasing, captures problems arising from the fact that resources in the cloud are not bought, but leased by cloud vendors. The second area, Distributed Storage Systems, deals with problems arising from so-called cloud federations, i.e., when several cloud providers are needed to fulfill a given task.

This work was partially supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Collaborative Research Centre ”On-The-Fly Computing” (SFB 901).

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Kniesburges, S., Markarian, C., Meyer auf der Heide, F., Scheideler, C. (2014). Algorithmic Aspects of Resource Management in the Cloud. In: Halldórsson, M.M. (eds) Structural Information and Communication Complexity. SIROCCO 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8576. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09620-9_1

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