Resource management in a cloud environment is a hard problem, due to: the scale of
modern data centers; the heterogeneity of resource types and their interdependencies; the …

The focus of research into 5G networks to date has been largely on the required advances in
network architectures, technologies, and infrastructures. Less effort has been put on the …

Elasticity algorithms for cloud infrastructures dynamically change the amount of resources
allocated to a running service according to the current and predicted future load. Since there …

Consolidation of multiple applications on a single Physical Machine (PM) within a cloud data
center can increase utilization, minimize energy consumption, and reduce operational costs …

Virtual machines hosted in virtualized data centers are important providers of computational
resources in the era of cloud computing. Efficient scheduling of data centers' virtual …

Due to the soaring popularity of cloud-based services over the last years, the size and the
complexity of cloud environments has been growing quickly. In the context of cloud systems …

The elasticity of cloud computing is able to help Cloud Application Providers (CAPs) adjust
the number of rented virtual machines (VMs) for cloud applications according to actual …

The Cloud is increasingly becoming the first choice for deploying various IT services due to
its flexibility and on-demand scalability. However, the cloud tenants feel handicapped by the …

Em grandes centros de dados, técnicas de gerenciamento de energia como Dynamic
Voltage/Frequency Scaling (DVFS), consolidação de máquinas virtuais e mecanismos de …

In this paper, we present a new framework of identifying medicine bottles using a
combination of a video camera and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) sensors for …