Shuming Sha^1,2, Naiwang Guo³, Wang Luo^1,2, Yong Zhang^1,2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.3, pp. 5105-5124, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.049584

Abstract This paper focuses on the scheduling problem of workflow tasks that exhibit interdependencies. Unlike independent batch tasks, workflows typically consist of multiple subtasks with intrinsic correlations and dependencies. It necessitates the distribution of various computational tasks to appropriate computing node resources in accordance with task dependencies to ensure the smooth completion of the entire workflow. Workflow scheduling must consider an array of factors, including task dependencies, availability of computational resources, and the schedulability of tasks. Therefore, this paper delves into the distributed graph database workflow task scheduling problem and proposes a workflow scheduling methodology based… More >

Muchang Rao, Hang Qin^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.79, No.2, pp. 2647-2672, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.050380

Abstract More devices in the Intelligent Internet of Things (AIoT) result in an increased number of tasks that require low latency and real-time responsiveness, leading to an increased demand for computational resources. Cloud computing’s low-latency performance issues in AIoT scenarios have led researchers to explore fog computing as a complementary extension. However, the effective allocation of resources for task execution within fog environments, characterized by limitations and heterogeneity in computational resources, remains a formidable challenge. To tackle this challenge, in this study, we integrate fog computing and cloud computing. We begin by establishing a fog-cloud environment… More >

Chirag Chandrashekar¹, Pradeep Krishnadoss^1,*, Vijayakumar Kedalu Poornachary¹, Balasundaram Ananthakrishnan^1,2

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.78, No.2, pp. 2593-2616, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.046304

Abstract Cloud computing provides a diverse and adaptable resource pool over the internet, allowing users to tap into various resources as needed. It has been seen as a robust solution to relevant challenges. A significant delay can hamper the performance of IoT-enabled cloud platforms. However, efficient task scheduling can lower the cloud infrastructure’s energy consumption, thus maximizing the service provider’s revenue by decreasing user job processing times. The proposed Modified Chimp-Whale Optimization Algorithm called Modified Chimp-Whale Optimization Algorithm (MCWOA), combines elements of the Chimp Optimization Algorithm (COA) and the Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA). To enhance MCWOA’s… More >

Shasha Zhao^1,2,3,*, Huanwen Yan^1,2, Qifeng Lin^1,2, Xiangnan Feng^1,2, He Chen^1,2, Dengyin Zhang^1,2

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.78, No.1, pp. 1135-1156, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2024.045660

Abstract Task scheduling plays a key role in effectively managing and allocating computing resources to meet various computing tasks in a cloud computing environment. Short execution time and low load imbalance may be the challenges for some algorithms in resource scheduling scenarios. In this work, the Hierarchical Particle Swarm Optimization-Evolutionary Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm (HPSO-EABC) has been proposed, which hybrids our presented Evolutionary Artificial Bee Colony (EABC), and Hierarchical Particle Swarm Optimization (HPSO) algorithm. The HPSO-EABC algorithm incorporates both the advantages of the HPSO and the EABC algorithm. Comprehensive testing including evaluations of algorithm convergence speed,… More >

Laila Almutairi¹, Shabnam Mohamed Aslam^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.77, No.3, pp. 2791-2811, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.040268

Abstract The rapid growth of service-oriented and cloud computing has created large-scale data centres worldwide. Modern data centres’ operating costs mostly come from back-end cloud infrastructure and energy consumption. In cloud computing, extensive communication resources are required. Moreover, cloud applications require more bandwidth to transfer large amounts of data to satisfy end-user requirements. It is also essential that no communication source can cause congestion or bag loss owing to unnecessary switching buffers. This paper proposes a novel Energy and Communication (EC) aware scheduling (EC-scheduler) algorithm for green cloud computing, which optimizes data centre energy consumption and… More >

Kaili Shao¹, Hui Fu¹, Ying Song², Bo Wang^3,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.47, No.2, pp. 2259-2274, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.041454

Abstract To serve various tasks requested by various end devices with different requirements, end-edge-cloud (E2C) has attracted more and more attention from specialists in both academia and industry, by combining both benefits of edge and cloud computing. But nowadays, E2C still suffers from low service quality and resource efficiency, due to the geographical distribution of edge resources and the high dynamic of network topology and user mobility. To address these issues, this paper focuses on task offloading, which makes decisions that which resources are allocated to tasks for their processing. This paper first formulates the problem… More >

Lei Yin¹, Chang Sun², Ming Gao³, Yadong Fang⁴, Ming Li¹, Fengyu Zhou^1,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.2, pp. 1587-1608, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.039380

Abstract The solution strategy of the heuristic algorithm is pre-set and has good performance in the conventional cloud resource scheduling process. However, for complex and dynamic cloud service scheduling tasks, due to the difference in service attributes, the solution efficiency of a single strategy is low for such problems. In this paper, we presents a hyper-heuristic algorithm based on reinforcement learning (HHRL) to optimize the completion time of the task sequence. Firstly, In the reward table setting stage of HHRL, we introduce population diversity and integrate maximum time to comprehensively determine the task scheduling and the More >

Hai Wang^*, Xuan Hao, Shuo Ji^*, Jie Zheng, Yuhui Ma, Jianfeng Yang

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.2, pp. 1621-1635, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.037898

Abstract Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) is an important part of the security architecture of modern mobile devices, but its secure interaction process brings extra computing burden to mobile devices. This paper takes open portable trusted execution environment (OP-TEE) as the research object and deploys it to Raspberry Pi 3B, designs and implements a benchmark for OP-TEE, and analyzes its program characteristics. Furthermore, the application execution time, energy consumption and energy-delay product (EDP) are taken as the optimization objectives, and the central processing unit (CPU) frequency scheduling strategy of mobile devices is dynamically adjusted according to the More >

Jixun Gao^1,2, Bingyi Hu², Jialei Liu^3,4,*, Huaichen Wang⁵, Quanzhen Huang¹, Yuanyuan Zhao⁶

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.1, pp. 1-16, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.036890

Abstract Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is proposed to solve the needs of Internet of Things (IoT) users for high resource utilization, high reliability and low latency of service requests. However, the backup virtual machine is idle when its primary virtual machine is running normally, which will waste resources. Overbooking the backup virtual machine under the above circumstances can effectively improve resource utilization. First, these virtual machines are deployed into slots randomly, and then some tasks with cooperative relationship are offloaded to virtual machines for processing. Different deployment locations have different resource utilization and average service response… More >

Mengkai Zhao¹, Zhixia Zhang², Tian Fan¹, Wanwan Guo¹, Zhihua Cui^1,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.3, pp. 2425-2450, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.026671

Abstract Due to the security and scalability features of hybrid cloud architecture, it can better meet the diverse requirements of users for cloud services. And a reasonable resource allocation solution is the key to adequately utilize the hybrid cloud. However, most previous studies have not comprehensively optimized the performance of hybrid cloud task scheduling, even ignoring the conflicts between its security privacy features and other requirements. Based on the above problems, a many-objective hybrid cloud task scheduling optimization model (HCTSO) is constructed combining risk rate, resource utilization, total cost, and task completion time. Meanwhile, an opposition-based More >