Network function virtualization (NFV) has drawn significant attention from both industry and
academia as an important shift in telecommunication service provisioning. By decoupling …

Cloud technology is moving towards more distribution across multi-clouds and the inclusion
of various devices, as evident through IoT and network integration in the context of edge …

Cloud technology is moving towards multi-cloud environments with the inclusion of various
devices. Cloud and IoT integration resulting in so-called edge cloud and fog computing has …

Modern cloud computing environments support a relatively high degree of automation in
service provisioning, which allows cloud service customers (CSCs) to dynamically acquire …

TOSCA is a new OASIS standard to describe composite applications and their management.
The structure of an application is described by a topology, whereas management plans …

A challenging aspect of mobile communications consists in exploring ways in which the
available run time of terminals can be maximized. We present a detailed electrochemical …

In recent years, a plethora of deployment technologies evolved, many following a
declarative approach to automate the delivery of software components. Even if such …

The automation of application provisioning is one of the most important issues in Cloud
Computing. The Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) …

Cloud services and applications prove indispensable amid today's modern utility-based
computing. The cloud has displayed a disruptive and growing impact on everyday …

Pre-trained deep learning models are increasingly being used to offer a variety of compute-
intensive predictive analytics services such as fitness tracking, speech, and image …