TRUONG , Hong-Linh

In the past, elasticity and commitment in business processes were underexplored. But as businesses increasingly exploit pay-per-use resources in the cloud for on-demand needs, elasticity and commitment have become important issues. Here, the authors discuss the value of using elastic resources and commitments to create more dynamic...

In cloud service provisioning scenarios with a changing demand from consumers, it is appealing for cloud providers to leverage only a limited amount of the virtualized resources required to provide the service. However, it is not easy to determine how much resources are required to satisfy consumers expectations in terms of Quality of Service...