A survey of data center consolidation in cloud computing systems

L Helali, MN Omri - Computer Science Review, 2021 - Elsevier
Virtualization technology is the backbone of cloud systems, the fastest-growing energy
consumers, globally. It holds an imperative position in the resource management area by …

A systematic review on effective energy utilization management strategies in cloud data centers

SS Panwar, MMS Rauthan, V Barthwal - Journal of Cloud Computing, 2022 - Springer
Data centers are becoming considerably more significant and energy-intensive due to the
exponential growth of cloud computing. Cloud computing allows people to access computer …

Applying reinforcement learning towards automating energy efficient virtual machine consolidation in cloud data centers

R Shaw, E Howley, E Barrett - Information Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy awareness presents an immense challenge for cloud computing infrastructure and
the development of next generation data centers. Virtual Machine (VM) consolidation is one …

Deep reinforcement learning for multi-objective placement of virtual machines in cloud datacenters

L Caviglione, M Gaggero, M Paolucci, R Ronco - Soft Computing, 2021 - Springer
The ubiquitous diffusion of cloud computing requires suitable management policies to face
the workload while guaranteeing quality constraints and mitigating costs. The typical trade …

Multi-agent task planning and resource apportionment in a smart grid

M Chen, A Sharma, J Bhola, TVT Nguyen… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Nowadays, in different fields, tremendous attention is received by the Multi-agent systems for
complex problem solutions with smaller task subdivision. Multiple inputs are utilized, eg …

An energy efficient anti-correlated virtual machine placement algorithm using resource usage predictions

R Shaw, E Howley, E Barrett - Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy related costs and environmental sustainability present a significant challenge for
cloud computing practitioners and the development of next generation data centers. Virtual …

A survey of energy-saving technologies in cloud data centers

H Cheng, B Liu, W Lin, Z Ma, K Li, CH Hsu - The Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
As an important part of the new infrastructure, the cloud data center is develo** rapidly,
and its energy consumption problem is becoming more and more prominent. Therefore …

A deep reinforcement learning approach to the optimization of data center task scheduling

H Che, Z Bai, R Zuo, H Li - Complexity, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
With more businesses are running online, the scale of data centers is increasing
dramatically. The task‐scheduling operation with traditional heuristic algorithms is facing the …

Virtual machine placement based on multi-objective reinforcement learning

Y Qin, H Wang, S Yi, X Li, L Zhai - Applied Intelligence, 2020 - Springer
Multi-objective virtual machine (VM) placement is a powerful tool, which can achieve
different goals in data centers. It is an NP-hard problem, and various works have been …

A cloud resource management framework for multiple online scientific workflows using cooperative reinforcement learning agents

A Asghari, MK Sohrabi, F Yaghmaee - Computer Networks, 2020 - Elsevier
Cloud is a common distributed environment to share strong and available resources to
increase the efficiency of complex and heavy calculations. In return for the cost paid by cloud …