Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services : 8th International Workshop, GECON 2011, Paphos, Cyprus, December 5, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

Annotation This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services, GECON 2011, held in Paphos, Cyprus, in December 2011. The 9 revised full papers presented together with 5 work in progress papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 papers. The papers are organized in topical sections on market mechanisms and negotiation; cost models, charging, and trading platforms; resource allocation, scheduling, and admission control; and two work in progress sections: risk assessment and economics of cloud services; and cost-aware adoption of cloud services Front Matter....Pages - An Inspiration for Solving Grid Resource Management Problems Using Multiple Economic Models....Pages 1-16 Concurrent Negotiations in Cloud-Based Systems....Pages 17-31 A Reverse Auction Market for Cloud Resources....Pages 32-45 A Cost Model for Hybrid Clouds....Pages 46-60 How to Do Successful Chargeback for Cloud Services....Pages 61-75 A Marketplace Framework for Trading Cloud-Based Services....Pages 76-89 Client Classification Policies for SLA Negotiation and Allocation in Shared Cloud Datacenters....Pages 90-104 Budget-Deadline Constrained Workflow Planning for Admission Control in Market-Oriented Environments....Pages 105-119 Virtual Machine Placement for Predictable and Time-Constrained Peak Loads....Pages 120-134 Risk Assessment in Service Provider Communities....Pages 135-147 A Game-Theoretical Approach to the Benefits of Cloud Computing....Pages 148-160 Planning for Optimal Multi-site Data Distribution for Disaster Recovery....Pages 161-172 Saga: A Cost Efficient File System Based on Cloud Storage Service....Pages 173-184 Developing a Cost-Effective Virtual Cluster on the Cloud....Pages 185-197 Erratum: Risk Assessment in Service Provider Communities....Pages E1-E1 Back Matter....Pages - This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services, GECON 2014, held in Cardiff, UK, in September 2014. The 8 revised full papers and 7 paper-in-progress presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. The presentation sessions that have been set up are: Cloud Adoption, Work in Progress on Market Dynamics, Cost Optimization,Work in Progress on Pricing, Contracts and Service Selection, and Economic Aspects of Quality of Service.