In mid-1990s, the vast deployment of high-speed public data networks has motivated the externalization of private computing resources. Cloud is the most recent evolution of distributed computing. In terms of resource virtualization, managing conjunctly distributed computing, storage, and network facilities remains a complex optimization problem. This problem is closely related to the design of innovative pricing strategies for Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) that act as mediators between resource owners and end-users. In practice, resource owners do not accept, for confidentiality...
In mid-1990s, the vast deployment of high-speed public data networks has motivated the externalization of private computing resources. Cloud is th...