{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3045706174","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icc40277.2020.9149171","title":"Learning-Based Computation Offloading for Edge Networks with Heterogeneous Resources","display_name":"Learning-Based Computation Offloading for Edge Networks with Heterogeneous Resources","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3045706174","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icc40277.2020.9149171","mag":"3045706174"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/icc40277.2020.9149171","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icc40277.2020.9149171","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100459445","display_name":"Liqiang Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4175-7590"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204983213","display_name":"Harbin Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01yqg2h08","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204983213"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Liqiang Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204983213"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031860907","display_name":"Jingjing Luo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2864-6562"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204983213","display_name":"Harbin Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01yqg2h08","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204983213"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jingjing Luo","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204983213"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042180402","display_name":"Lin Gao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0142-1515"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204983213","display_name":"Harbin Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01yqg2h08","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204983213"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lin Gao","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204983213"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5016793245","display_name":"Fu\u2010Chun Zheng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3184-3054"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204983213","display_name":"Harbin Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01yqg2h08","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204983213"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Fu-Chun Zheng","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204983213"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204983213"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":6,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"6"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10273","display_name":"IoT and Edge/Fog Computing","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10273","display_name":"IoT and Edge/Fog Computing","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13553","display_name":"Age of Information Optimization","score":0.9962000250816345,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10764","display_name":"Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data","score":0.9915000200271606,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8855777978897095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computation-offloading","display_name":"Computation offloading","score":0.7641909718513489},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-edge-computing","display_name":"Mobile edge computing","score":0.6816195249557495},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.650611400604248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robustness","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","score":0.6501540541648865},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/edge-computing","display_name":"Edge computing","score":0.5924948453903198},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/overhead","display_name":"Overhead (engineering)","score":0.589645504951477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/greedy-algorithm","display_name":"Greedy algorithm","score":0.5493641495704651},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computation","display_name":"Computation","score":0.528123676776886},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reinforcement-learning","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","score":0.5096368789672852},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/channel-state-information","display_name":"Channel state information","score":0.4933861792087555},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless","display_name":"Wireless","score":0.4819936156272888},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/enhanced-data-rates-for-gsm-evolution","display_name":"Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution","score":0.4705253839492798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/server","display_name":"Server","score":0.46490299701690674},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/edge-device","display_name":"Edge device","score":0.410357266664505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-device","display_name":"Mobile device","score":0.41016918420791626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-computing","display_name":"Cloud computing","score":0.35295218229293823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.328910768032074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.1888740360736847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.1643492579460144}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8855777978897095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781041963","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18348618","display_name":"Computation offloading","level":4,"score":0.7641909718513489},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776061582","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25325231","display_name":"Mobile edge computing","level":3,"score":0.6816195249557495},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.650611400604248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C63479239","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7353546","display_name":"Robustness (evolution)","level":3,"score":0.6501540541648865},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778456923","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5337692","display_name":"Edge computing","level":3,"score":0.5924948453903198},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779960059","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7113681","display_name":"Overhead (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.589645504951477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51823790","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504353","display_name":"Greedy algorithm","level":2,"score":0.5493641495704651},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C45374587","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12525525","display_name":"Computation","level":2,"score":0.528123676776886},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97541855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830687","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","level":2,"score":0.5096368789672852},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148063708","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5072511","display_name":"Channel state information","level":3,"score":0.4933861792087555},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555944384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249","display_name":"Wireless","level":2,"score":0.4819936156272888},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162307627","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204833","display_name":"Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution","level":2,"score":0.4705253839492798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.46490299701690674},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138236772","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25098575","display_name":"Edge device","level":3,"score":0.410357266664505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186967261","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5082128","display_name":"Mobile device","level":2,"score":0.41016918420791626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.35295218229293823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.328910768032074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.1888740360736847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.1643492579460144},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55493867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7094","display_name":"Biochemistry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104317684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7187","display_name":"Gene","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/icc40277.2020.9149171","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icc40277.2020.9149171","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":17,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2059961050","https://openalex.org/W2080346852","https://openalex.org/W2343140702","https://openalex.org/W2344423009","https://openalex.org/W2400861403","https://openalex.org/W2525400794","https://openalex.org/W2594560857","https://openalex.org/W2777781531","https://openalex.org/W2794247248","https://openalex.org/W2800205258","https://openalex.org/W2903874029","https://openalex.org/W2915527239","https://openalex.org/W2920582503","https://openalex.org/W2941582390","https://openalex.org/W2960447515","https://openalex.org/W3101237615","https://openalex.org/W3103591951"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4200420173","https://openalex.org/W3120617837","https://openalex.org/W3127808443","https://openalex.org/W2916011811","https://openalex.org/W3034137700","https://openalex.org/W4362496467","https://openalex.org/W2896883851","https://openalex.org/W2917127270","https://openalex.org/W3185499500","https://openalex.org/W3014317926"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Mobile":[0],"edge":[1,79],"computing":[2],"(MEC)":[3],"has":[4],"shown":[5],"its":[6],"potential":[7],"in":[8,69,98,114,176],"serving":[9],"computation":[10,44],"intensive":[11],"tasks":[12],"via":[13],"offloading.":[14],"However,":[15],"the":[16,22,33,48,78,103,108,158,169,184,200],"heterogeneity":[17],"of":[18,25,35,50,89,100,144,178,199],"MEC":[19,116],"systems":[20],"and":[21,57,118,146,181],"dynamic":[23],"nature":[24],"wireless":[26],"environment":[27],"pose":[28],"a":[29,66,86,129],"great":[30],"challenge":[31],"to":[32,77,106,189],"design":[34],"offloading":[36,45,131,149],"policies.":[37],"In":[38],"this":[39,43,93,124],"paper,":[40],"we":[41,126],"investigate":[42],"problem,":[46],"where":[47],"heterogeneities":[49],"computational":[51],"resource,":[52],"channel":[53,120],"state,":[54],"task":[55,73],"type":[56],"input":[58],"data":[59],"size":[60],"are":[61],"considered.":[62],"We":[63],"first":[64],"propose":[65,128],"greedy":[67,94],"algorithm,":[68],"which":[70,137],"each":[71],"arrival":[72],"is":[74,111,204],"greedily":[75],"offloaded":[76],"server":[80],"with":[81,192],"minimal":[82],"utility,":[83,102],"based":[84,133,151],"on":[85,134,141,152],"global":[87,109],"information":[88,110,145],"network":[90],"states.":[91],"While":[92],"algorithm":[95,132],"performs":[96],"well":[97],"terms":[99,177],"system":[101,179,185],"overhead":[104,160],"incurred":[105],"collect":[107],"large,":[112],"especially":[113],"dense":[115],"scenarios":[117],"time-varying":[119],"scenarios.":[121],"Inspired":[122],"by":[123,187],"observation,":[125],"then":[127],"model-free":[130],"reinforcement":[135],"learning,":[136],"does":[138],"not":[139],"rely":[140],"such":[142],"kind":[143],"can":[147,161,182],"make":[148],"decisions":[150],"learning":[153],"experience.":[154],"By":[155],"so":[156],"doing,":[157],"communication":[159],"be":[162],"largely":[163],"reduced.":[164],"Extensive":[165],"simulations":[166],"show":[167],"that":[168],"two":[170,193,201],"proposed":[171,202],"algorithms":[172,203],"have":[173],"similar":[174],"performance":[175],"utility":[180,186],"decrease":[183],"up":[188],"50%":[190],"compared":[191],"widely":[194],"used":[195],"algorithms.":[196],"The":[197],"robustness":[198],"further":[205],"verified.":[206]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-07-14T23:27:15.235271","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}