{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2516249551","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tpds.2016.2601905","title":"An Online Auction Mechanism for Dynamic Virtual Cluster Provisioning in Geo-Distributed Clouds","display_name":"An Online Auction Mechanism for Dynamic Virtual Cluster Provisioning in Geo-Distributed Clouds","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-08-24","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2516249551","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tpds.2016.2601905","mag":"2516249551"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tpds.2016.2601905","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tpds.2016.2601905","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S97130795","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems","issn_l":"1045-9219","issn":["1045-9219","1558-2183","2161-9883"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","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/A5101070062","display_name":"Weijie Shi","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I889458895","display_name":"University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/02zhqgq86","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Weijie Shi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5012597518","display_name":"Chuan Wu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3144-4398"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I889458895","display_name":"University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/02zhqgq86","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chuan Wu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5066247159","display_name":"Zongpeng Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5351-2075"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I168635309","display_name":"University of Calgary","ror":"https://ror.org/03yjb2x39","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I168635309"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zongpeng Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I168635309"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":9.4728,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":29,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97826325,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"28","issue":"3","first_page":"677","last_page":"688"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10101","display_name":"Cloud Computing and Resource Management","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"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/T10101","display_name":"Cloud Computing and Resource Management","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"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/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"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/T11182","display_name":"Auction Theory and Applications","score":0.9972000122070312,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.83005690574646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-computing","display_name":"Cloud computing","score":0.6554669737815857},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/provisioning","display_name":"Provisioning","score":0.6479381322860718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/revenue","display_name":"Revenue","score":0.5798409581184387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.5004367828369141},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-machine","display_name":"Virtual machine","score":0.4802446663379669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/double-auction","display_name":"Double auction","score":0.4696195423603058},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/server","display_name":"Server","score":0.4478503167629242},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.3472871780395508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.18474292755126953},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microeconomics","display_name":"Microeconomics","score":0.13940778374671936},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.09301063418388367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.09062278270721436}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.83005690574646},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.6554669737815857},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C172191483","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071806","display_name":"Provisioning","level":2,"score":0.6479381322860718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195487862","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q850210","display_name":"Revenue","level":2,"score":0.5798409581184387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.5004367828369141},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C25344961","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192726","display_name":"Virtual machine","level":2,"score":0.4802446663379669},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2539976","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12163285","display_name":"Double auction","level":3,"score":0.4696195423603058},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.4478503167629242},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.3472871780395508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.18474292755126953},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175444787","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39072","display_name":"Microeconomics","level":1,"score":0.13940778374671936},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.09301063418388367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.09062278270721436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121955636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4116214","display_name":"Accounting","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163239763","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5153637","display_name":"Common value auction","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tpds.2016.2601905","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tpds.2016.2601905","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S97130795","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems","issn_l":"1045-9219","issn":["1045-9219","1558-2183","2161-9883"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:hub.hku.hk:10722/243533","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10722/243533","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196271","display_name":"The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I889458895","host_organization_name":"University of Hong Kong","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5199999809265137,"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2431394765","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"718513","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322170","funder_display_name":"University of Hong Kong"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4678804146","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"17225516","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322170","funder_display_name":"University of Hong Kong"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5560160190","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"C7036-15G","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322170","funder_display_name":"University of Hong Kong"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7037067339","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"17204715","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322170","funder_display_name":"University of Hong Kong"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306900","display_name":"Cancer Research Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/052nngb38"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321592","display_name":"Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee","ror":"https://ror.org/00djwmt25"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322170","display_name":"University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/02zhqgq86"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322675","display_name":"Mitacs","ror":"https://ror.org/00cjrc276"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334593","display_name":"Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada","ror":"https://ror.org/01h531d29"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":45,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1786674051","https://openalex.org/W1842224949","https://openalex.org/W1860570137","https://openalex.org/W1964005287","https://openalex.org/W1973186294","https://openalex.org/W2000776492","https://openalex.org/W2009569367","https://openalex.org/W2015007620","https://openalex.org/W2015213058","https://openalex.org/W2025616337","https://openalex.org/W2034010207","https://openalex.org/W2039303552","https://openalex.org/W2048802752","https://openalex.org/W2056616673","https://openalex.org/W2059289771","https://openalex.org/W2062830639","https://openalex.org/W2081931751","https://openalex.org/W2091175924","https://openalex.org/W2097882016","https://openalex.org/W2100247928","https://openalex.org/W2101658191","https://openalex.org/W2103751307","https://openalex.org/W2112486185","https://openalex.org/W2115899325","https://openalex.org/W2125053293","https://openalex.org/W2126822952","https://openalex.org/W2128291817","https://openalex.org/W2133569115","https://openalex.org/W2142339200","https://openalex.org/W2161965229","https://openalex.org/W2272870368","https://openalex.org/W2273138441","https://openalex.org/W2800788980","https://openalex.org/W3022404198","https://openalex.org/W3150122822","https://openalex.org/W3162452290","https://openalex.org/W4206478994","https://openalex.org/W4234053932","https://openalex.org/W4238149857","https://openalex.org/W4247157595","https://openalex.org/W4251083239","https://openalex.org/W6638921515","https://openalex.org/W6641177048","https://openalex.org/W6694273452","https://openalex.org/W6751188931"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2558538437","https://openalex.org/W2612791064","https://openalex.org/W2064479986","https://openalex.org/W2893967483","https://openalex.org/W572531444","https://openalex.org/W1579374282","https://openalex.org/W2807937293","https://openalex.org/W2357605019","https://openalex.org/W1965405747","https://openalex.org/W2167514501"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"It":[0],"is":[1,69,76,145],"common":[2],"for":[3,83,122],"cloud":[4],"users":[5],"to":[6,19,24,58,62,109,147],"require":[7],"clusters":[8],"of":[9,46,193,204],"inter-connected":[10],"virtual":[11,31],"machines":[12],"(VMs)":[13],"in":[14,40,140,174,190,197],"a":[15,80,87,118,153,165],"geo-distributed":[16],"IaaS":[17],"cloud,":[18],"run":[20],"their":[21],"services.":[22],"Compared":[23],"isolated":[25],"VMs,":[26],"key":[27],"challenges":[28],"on":[29],"dynamic":[30,123],"cluster":[32],"(VC)":[33],"provisioning":[34,125],"(computation":[35],"+":[36,136],"communication":[37],"resources)":[38],"lie":[39],"two":[41],"folds:":[42],"(1)":[43],"optimal":[44],"placement":[45],"VCs":[47],"and":[48,126,134,183,211],"inter-VM":[49],"traffic":[50],"routing":[51],"involve":[52],"NP-hard":[53],"problems,":[54],"which":[55,78],"are":[56],"non-trivial":[57],"solve":[59],"offline,":[60],"not":[61],"mention":[63],"if":[64],"an":[65,72],"online":[66,106,120,168],"efficient":[67,73,105],"algorithm":[68,121],"sought;":[70],"(2)":[71],"pricing":[74],"mechanism":[75],"missing,":[77],"charges":[79],"market-driven":[81],"price":[82],"each":[84],"VC":[85,124],"as":[86,177,179],"whole":[88],"upon":[89],"request,":[90],"while":[91],"maximizing":[92,162,167],"system":[93],"efficiency":[94],"or":[95],"provider":[96,175],"revenue":[97,166],"over":[98],"the":[99,111,148,159,198,202,205],"entire":[100],"span.":[101],"This":[102],"paper":[103],"proposes":[104],"auction":[107,163,188],"mechanisms":[108,206],"address":[110],"above":[112],"challenges.":[113],"We":[114,186,200],"first":[115],"design":[116,189],"SWMOA,":[117],"novel":[119],"pricing,":[127],"achieving":[128,171],"truthfulness,":[129,180],"individual":[130,181],"rationality,":[131],"computation":[132,184],"efficiency,":[133],"(1":[135],"2":[137],"log":[138],"\u03bc)-competitiveness":[139,173],"social":[141,160],"welfare,":[142],"where":[143],"m":[144],"related":[146],"problem":[149],"size.":[150],"Next,":[151],"applying":[152],"randomized":[154],"reduction":[155],"technique,":[156],"we":[157],"convert":[158],"welfare":[161],"into":[164],"auction,":[169],"PRMOA,":[170],"O(log":[172],"revenue,":[176],"well":[178],"rationality":[182],"efficiency.":[185],"investigate":[187],"different":[191],"cases":[192],"resource":[194],"cost":[195],"functions":[196],"system.":[199],"validate":[201],"efficacy":[203],"through":[207],"solid":[208],"theoretical":[209],"analysis":[210],"trace-driven":[212],"simulations.":[213]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}