Economic Models and Algorithms for Distributed Systems

by Neumann, Dirk; Baker, Mark; Altmann, Jorn; Rana, Omer F.

• ISBN13: 9783764388966
• ISBN10: 376438896X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-03
• Publisher: Birkhauser

Summary

Distributed computing models for sharing resources such as Grids, Peer-to-Peer systems, or voluntary computing are becoming increasingly popular. While there are some success stories such as PlanetLab, OneLab, BitTorrent, and SETI@home, a widespread use of these technologies for business applications has not yet been achieved. In a business environment, mechanisms are needed to provide incentives to potential users for participating sharing in such networks. These mechanisms may range from simple non-monetary access rights to policies for sharing, to monetary payments. Although a few models for a framework of the notion of a "Grid economy" have been discussed, none of these models has made it into practice yet. This book attempts to fill this gap by discussing the reasons and exploring new incentive mechanisms for distributed systems in collaborative environments. It is the purpose of this book to discover new avenues of research and amendments to existing technologies, aiming at the successful deployment of commercial distributed systems.

Table of Contents

Economic Models and Algorithms for Distributed Systems	p. 1
Reputation Mechanisms and Trust
A Belief-based Trust Model for Dynamic Service Selection	p. 9
Reputation, Pricing and the E-Science Grid	p. 25
Trust-oriented Utility-based Community Structure in Multiagent Systems	p. 45
Formation of Virtual Organizations in Grids: A Game-Theoretic Approach	p. 63
Towards Dynamic Authentication in the Grid-Secure and Mobile Business Workflows Using GSet	p. 83
Service Level Agreements
Enforcing Service Level Agreements Using an Economically Enhanced Resource Manager	p. 109
Extended Resource Management Using Client Classification and Economic Enhancements	p. 129
Mitigating Provider Uncertainty in Service Provision Contracts	p. 143
Text-Content-Analysis based on the Syntactic Correlations between Ontologies	p. 161
Business Models and Market Mechanisms
Cloud Computing Value Chains: Understanding Businesses and Value Creation in the Cloud	p. 187
A Model for Determining the Optimal Capacity Investment for Utility Computing	p. 209
A Combinatorial Exchange for Complex Grid Services	p. 221
Heuristic Scheduling in Grid Environments: Reducing the Operational Energy Demand	p. 239
Facing Price Risks in Internet-of-Services Markets	p. 257
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