Intelligent Negotiation Agent Architecture for SLA Negotiation Process in Cloud Computing

2021 ◽  
pp. 771-778
Author(s):  
Rishi Kumar ◽  
Mohd Fadzil Hassan ◽  
Muhamad Hariz M. Adnan
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Agent Architecture ◽  
Sla Negotiation

An Autonomous Time-Dependent SLA Negotiation Strategy for Cloud Computing

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (11) ◽  
pp. 3202-3216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Vahid Dastjerdi ◽  
Rajkumar Buyya
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Negotiation Strategy ◽  
Sla Negotiation

Broker-based optimization of SLA negotiations in cloud computing

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-195
Author(s):  
Priyanka Bharti ◽  
Rajeev Ranjan ◽  
Bhanu Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Service Level Agreement ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Cloud Environment ◽  
Negotiation Strategies ◽  
Sla Negotiation ◽  
Conflicting Interests ◽  
The Impact

Cloud computing provisions and allocates resources, in advance or real-time, to dynamic applications planned for execution. This is a challenging task as the Cloud-Service-Providers (CSPs) may not have sufficient resources at all times to satisfy the resource requests of the Cloud-Service-Users (CSUs). Further, the CSPs and CSUs have conflicting interests and may have different utilities. Service-Level-Agreement (SLA) negotiations among CSPs and CSUs can address these limitations. User Agents (UAs) negotiate for resources on behalf of the CSUs and help reduce the overall costs for the CSUs and enhance the resource utilization for the CSPs. This research proposes a broker-based mediation framework to optimize the SLA negotiation strategies between UAs and CSPs in Cloud environment. The impact of the proposed framework on utility, negotiation time, and request satisfaction are evaluated. The empirical results show that these strategies favor cooperative negotiation and achieve significantly higher utilities, higher satisfaction, and faster negotiation speed for all the entities involved in the negotiation.

E-Procurement Process

2013 ◽  
pp. 118-138
Author(s):  
Paolo Renna ◽  
Pierluigi Argoneto
Keyword(s):  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Agent Architecture ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
Profit Distribution ◽  
Auction Mechanisms ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
Production Plans

E-procurement transactions in Business to Business (B2B) environment showed a constant and positive trend in the last years. The most popular methodologies to support these tools are all related to dedicated protocols able to facilitate the agreements among customers and suppliers. This chapter proposes a Multi Agent Architecture integrated with several multi-attribute auction mechanisms specifically designed to support the e-procurement processes. Moreover, differently from other cases proposed in literature, the suppliers’ proposal formulation is strongly influenced by their production plans. A simulative environment has been developed in order to evaluate different performances: the customer and suppliers’ utilities, the profit distribution among the involved agents and the time necessary to reach an agreement. The mentioned approaches are compared with a negotiation process. The simulation results highlight the weakness and strength points of each auction protocol and why they can be considered as a relevant tool in B2B environments.

scholarly journals Legal issues in clouds: towards a risk inventory

2013 ◽  
Vol 371 (1983) ◽  
pp. 20120075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karim Djemame ◽  
Benno Barnitzke ◽  
Marcelo Corrales ◽  
Mariam Kiran ◽  
Ming Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Cloud Environment ◽  
Inherent Risk ◽  
Sla Negotiation ◽  
Service Operation ◽  
Assessment Techniques ◽  
High Level

Cloud computing technologies have reached a high level of development, yet a number of obstacles still exist that must be overcome before widespread commercial adoption can become a reality. In a cloud environment, end users requesting services and cloud providers negotiate service-level agreements (SLAs) that provide explicit statements of all expectations and obligations of the participants. If cloud computing is to experience widespread commercial adoption, then incorporating risk assessment techniques is essential during SLA negotiation and service operation. This article focuses on the legal issues surrounding risk assessment in cloud computing. Specifically, it analyses risk regarding data protection and security, and presents the requirements of an inherent risk inventory. The usefulness of such a risk inventory is described in the context of the OPTIMIS project.

E-Procurement Process

2011 ◽  
pp. 90-112
Author(s):  
Paolo Renna ◽  
Pierluigi Argoneto
Keyword(s):  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Agent Architecture ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
Profit Distribution ◽  
Auction Mechanisms ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
Production Plans

E-procurement transactions in Business to Business (B2B) environment showed a constant and positive trend in the last years. The most popular methodologies to support these tools are all related to dedicated protocols able to facilitate the agreements among customers and suppliers. This chapter proposes a Multi Agent Architecture integrated with several multi-attribute auction mechanisms specifically designed to support the e-procurement processes. Moreover, differently from other cases proposed in literature, the suppliers’ proposal formulation is strongly influenced by their production plans. A simulative environment has been developed in order to evaluate different performances: the customer and suppliers’ utilities, the profit distribution among the involved agents and the time necessary to reach an agreement. The mentioned approaches are compared with a negotiation process. The simulation results highlight the weakness and strength points of each auction protocol and why they can be considered as a relevant tool in B2B environments.

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