Cloud service selection: State-of-the-art and future research directions

Cloud technology connects a network of virtualized computers that are dynamically provisioned as computing resources, based on negotiated agreements between service providers and users. It delivers information technology resources in diverse forms of service, and the explosion of Cloud services on t...

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Published inJournal of network and computer applications Vol. 45; pp. 134 - 150
Main Authors Sun, Le, Dong, Hai, Hussain, Farookh Khadeer, Hussain, Omar Khadeer, Chang, Elizabeth
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2014
Elsevier
Subjects
Applied sciences
Artificial intelligence
Cloud computing
Cloud service selection
Computer science; control theory; systems
Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface
Decision-making
Exact sciences and technology
Information systems. Data bases
Memory organisation. Data processing
Software
Speech and sound recognition and synthesis. Linguistics
Cloud service selection
Decision-making
Cloud computing
User service
Decision making
Web service
Publish subscribe middleware
Data models
Internet
Service Proposal
Information technology
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Summary:Cloud technology connects a network of virtualized computers that are dynamically provisioned as computing resources, based on negotiated agreements between service providers and users. It delivers information technology resources in diverse forms of service, and the explosion of Cloud services on the Internet brings new challenges in Cloud service discovery and selection. To address these challenges, a range of studies has been carried out to develop advanced techniques that will assist service users to choose appropriate services. In this paper, we survey state-of-the-art Cloud service selection approaches, which are analyzed from the following five perspectives: decision-making techniques; data representation models; parameters and characteristics of Cloud services; contexts, purposes. After comparing and summarizing the reviewed approaches from these five perspectives, we identify the primary research issues in contemporary Cloud service selection. This survey is expected to bring benefits to both researchers and business agents.
ISSN:1084-8045
1095-8592
DOI:10.1016/j.jnca.2014.07.019