Ambika Aggarwal¹, Sunil Kumar^2,3, Ashok Bhansali⁴, Deema Mohammed Alsekait^5,*, Diaa Salama AbdElminaam^6,7,8

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.48, No.4, pp. 953-967, 2024, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.050406 - 17 July 2024

Abstract Existing multiple workflow scheduling techniques focus on traditional Quality of Service (QoS) parameters such as cost, deadline, and makespan to find optimal solutions by consuming a large amount of electrical energy. Higher energy consumption decreases system efficiency, increases operational cost, and generates more carbon footprint. These major problems can lead to several problems, such as economic strain, environmental degradation, resource depletion, energy dependence, health impacts, etc. In a cloud computing environment, scheduling multiple workflows is critical in developing a strategy for energy optimization, which is an NP-hard problem. This paper proposes a novel, bi-phase Energy-Efficient… More >

Mazen Farid^1,3,*, Rohaya Latip^1,2, Masnida Hussin¹, Nor Asilah Wati Abdul Hamid¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 1529-1560, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021410 - 24 February 2022

Abstract One of the fundamental problems associated with scheduling workflows on virtual machines in a multi-cloud environment is how to find a near-optimum permutation. The workflow scheduling involves assigning independent computational jobs with conflicting objectives to a set of virtual machines. Most optimization methods for solving non-deterministic polynomial-time hardness (NP-hard) problems deploy multi-objective algorithms. As such, Pareto dominance is one of the most efficient criteria for determining the best solutions within the Pareto front. However, the main drawback of this method is that it requires a reasonably long time to provide an optimum solution. In this… More >

Ehab Nabiel Al-Khanak^1,*, Sai Peck Lee², Saif Ur Rehman Khan³, Navid Behboodian⁴, Osamah Ibrahim Khalaf⁵, Alexander Verbraeck⁶, Hans van Lint¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.3, pp. 3265-3282, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015409 - 01 March 2021

Abstract Scientific Workflow Applications (SWFAs) can deliver collaborative tools useful to researchers in executing large and complex scientific processes. Particularly, Scientific Workflow Scheduling (SWFS) accelerates the computational procedures between the available computational resources and the dependent workflow jobs based on the researchers’ requirements. However, cost optimization is one of the SWFS challenges in handling massive and complicated tasks and requires determining an approximate (near-optimal) solution within polynomial computational time. Motivated by this, current work proposes a novel SWFS cost optimization model effective in solving this challenge. The proposed model contains three main stages: (i) scientific workflow… More >