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

Adapting the classifier trained on a source domain to recognize instances from a new target
domain is an important problem that is receiving recent attention. In this paper, we present …

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

In the field of cloud computing, the automated deployment of applications is of vital
importance and supported by diverse management technologies. However, currently there …

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for
modeling and managing heterogeneous applications. Application intent can be described in …

In this paper we describe a method and corresponding tool chain that allows moving an
application to the cloud. In particular, we support to split an application such that various …

The business process literature has proposed a multitude of business process modelling
approaches or paradigms, each in response to a different business process type with a …

The combination of virtual server technology and the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
approach to utility computing promises to revolutionize the way in which distributed software …

Modern Cloud applications employ a plethora of components and XaaS offerings that need
to be configured during provisioning. Due to increased heterogeneity, complexity is growing …

Due to the current hype around cloud computing, the term 'native cloud application'becomes
increasingly popular. It suggests an application to fully benefit from all the advantages of …