Abdulelah Alwabel^*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.36, No.2, pp. 2217-2232, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.033703

Abstract The reliability and availability of cloud systems have become major concerns of service providers, brokers, and end-users. Therefore, studying fault-tolerance mechanisms in cloud computing attracts intense attention in industry and academia. The task-scheduling mechanisms can improve the fault-tolerance level of cloud systems. A task-scheduling mechanism distributes tasks to a group of instances to be executed. Much work has been undertaken in this direction to improve the overall outcome of cloud computing, such as improving service quality and reducing power consumption. However, little work on task scheduling has studied the problem of lost tasks from the broker’s perspective. Task loss can… More >

Sunhwa Annie Nam¹, Kyungwoon Cho², Hyokyung Bahn^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.3, pp. 6823-6833, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.035481

Abstract AI (Artificial Intelligence) workloads are proliferating in modern real-time systems. As the tasks of AI workloads fluctuate over time, resource planning policies used for traditional fixed real-time tasks should be re-examined. In particular, it is difficult to immediately handle changes in real-time tasks without violating the deadline constraints. To cope with this situation, this paper analyzes the task situations of AI workloads and finds the following two observations. First, resource planning for AI workloads is a complicated search problem that requires much time for optimization. Second, although the task set of an AI workload may change over time, the possible… More >

Abdulaziz Alhubaishy^1,*, Abdulmajeed Aljuhani²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.3, pp. 2461-2481, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.032217

Abstract In a cloud environment, consumers search for the best service provider that accomplishes the required tasks based on a set of criteria such as completion time and cost. On the other hand, Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) seek to maximize their profits by attracting and serving more consumers based on their resource capabilities. The literature has discussed the problem by considering either consumers’ needs or CSPs’ capabilities. A problem resides in the lack of explicit models that combine preferences of consumers with the capabilities of CSPs to provide a unified process for resource allocation and task scheduling in a more efficient… More >

Ying Du^1,2, Shuo Zhang^1,2, Pu Cheng^3,*, Rita Yi Man Li⁴, Xiao-Guang Yue^5,6

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.135, No.3, pp. 1965-1979, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.024871

Abstract Task scheduling plays a crucial role in cloud computing and is a key factor determining cloud computing performance. To solve the task scheduling problem for remote sensing data processing in cloud computing, this paper proposes a workflow task scheduling algorithm---Workflow Task Scheduling Algorithm based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (WDRL). The remote sensing data process modeling is transformed into a directed acyclic graph scheduling problem. Then, the algorithm is designed by establishing a Markov decision model and adopting a fitness calculation method. Finally, combine the advantages of reinforcement learning and deep neural networks to minimize make-time for remote sensing data processes… More >

Qiqi Zhang¹, Shaojin Geng², Xingjuan Cai^1,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.135, No.3, pp. 1863-1900, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.022287

Abstract Cloud computing technology is favored by users because of its strong computing power and convenient services. At the same time, scheduling performance has an extremely efficient impact on promoting carbon neutrality. Currently, scheduling research in the multi-cloud environment aims to address the challenges brought by business demands to cloud data centers during peak hours. Therefore, the scheduling problem has promising application prospects under the multi-cloud environment. This paper points out that the currently studied scheduling problems in the multi-cloud environment mainly include independent task scheduling and workflow task scheduling based on the dependencies between tasks. This paper reviews the concepts,… More > Graphic Abstract

Pradeep Krishnadoss^*, Vijayakumar Kedalu Poornachary, Parkavi Krishnamoorthy, Leninisha Shanmugam

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 2461-2478, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.031614

Abstract Well organized datacentres with interconnected servers constitute the cloud computing infrastructure. User requests are submitted through an interface to these servers that provide service to them in an on-demand basis. The scientific applications that get executed at cloud by making use of the heterogeneous resources being allocated to them in a dynamic manner are grouped under NP hard problem category. Task scheduling in cloud poses numerous challenges impacting the cloud performance. If not handled properly, user satisfaction becomes questionable. More recently researchers had come up with meta-heuristic type of solutions for enriching the task scheduling activity in the cloud environment.… More >

Adedoyin A. Hussain^1,2,*, Fadi Al-Turjman^3,4

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.135, No.2, pp. 1345-1369, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.022783

Abstract The internet of medical things (IoMT) empowers patients to get adaptable, and virtualized gear over the internet. Task scheduling is the most fundamental problem in the IoMT-cloud since cloud execution commonly relies on it. Thus, a proposition is being made for a distinct scheduling technique to suitably meet these solicitations. To manage the scheduling issue, an artificial intelligence (AI) method known as a hybrid genetic algorithm (HGA) is proposed. The proposed AI method will be justified by contrasting it with other traditional optimization and AI scheduling approaches. The CloudSim is utilized to quantify its effect on various parameters like time,… More >

Hamayun Khan^1,*, Irfan Ud Din², Arshad Ali³, Mohammad Husain³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.1, pp. 2097-2113, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.032999

Abstract Minimizing the energy consumption to increase the life span and performance of multiprocessor system on chip (MPSoC) has become an integral chip design issue for multiprocessor systems. The performance measurement of computational systems is changing with the advancement in technology. Due to shrinking and smaller chip size power densities on-chip are increasing rapidly that increasing chip temperature in multi-core embedded technologies. The operating speed of the device decreases when power consumption reaches a threshold that causes a delay in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuits because high on-chip temperature adversely affects the life span of the chip. In this paper… More >

Ahmed Y. Hamed¹, M. Kh. Elnahary^1,*, Faisal S. Alsubaei², Hamdy H. El-Sayed¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.1, pp. 2133-2148, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.032215

Abstract Cloud computing has taken over the high-performance distributed computing area, and it currently provides on-demand services and resource polling over the web. As a result of constantly changing user service demand, the task scheduling problem has emerged as a critical analytical topic in cloud computing. The primary goal of scheduling tasks is to distribute tasks to available processors to construct the shortest possible schedule without breaching precedence restrictions. Assignments and schedules of tasks substantially influence system operation in a heterogeneous multiprocessor system. The diverse processes inside the heuristic-based task scheduling method will result in varying makespan in the heterogeneous computing… More >

Anwar R Shaheen^*, Sundar Santhosh Kumar

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 2963-2978, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.025780

Abstract Cloud computing plays a significant role in Information Technology (IT) industry to deliver scalable resources as a service. One of the most important factor to increase the performance of the cloud server is maximizing the resource utilization in task scheduling. The main advantage of this scheduling is to maximize the performance and minimize the time loss. Various researchers examined numerous scheduling methods to achieve Quality of Service (QoS) and to reduce execution time. However, it had disadvantages in terms of low throughput and high response time. Hence, this study aimed to schedule the task efficiently and to eliminate the faults… More >