Mobile Service Computing

This book introduces readers to the background and principles of mobile service computing. It discusses various aspects of service computing in mobile environments, including key methods and techniques for service selection, recommendation, composition, offloading, execution, deployment, and provision. Preface 6 Contents 8 1 Services Computing: A Brief Overview 12 1.1 Concepts and Perspectives 12 1.1.1 Concepts of Services Computing 12 1.1.2 Two Perspectives of Understanding Services Computing 13 1.2 Research Frameworks and Hotspots 14 1.2.1 Technology System of Services Computing 14 1.2.2 Research Road Map of Services Computing 15 1.2.3 Technical Framework of Services Computing 16 1.2.4 Key Knowledge Areas of Services Computing 18 1.2.5 Research Hotspots in Services Computing 20 1.3 The Evolution with Different Waves and Stages 23 1.3.1 Seven Waves 23 1.3.2 Three Stages 23 1.4 When Services Computing Meets Mobile Computing 25 References 26 2 Mobile Services Computing: Opportunities and Challenges 27 2.1 Introduction 27 2.2 Application Patterns of Mobile Services Computing 29 2.2.1 Cloud-to-Mobile Pattern 29 2.2.2 Mobile-to-Mobile Pattern 30 2.2.3 Hybrid Pattern 31 2.3 Mobile Service Provision 32 2.3.1 How to Describe Mobile Services 32 2.3.2 How to Perform Service Provision 34 2.3.3 How to Save Energy for Mobile Devices 35 2.4 Mobile Service Consumption 36 2.4.1 How to Evaluate Mobile Services 36 2.4.2 How to Select and Compose Mobile Services 37 2.4.3 How to Do Computation Offloading 39 References 40 3 Mobile Service Selection 41 3.1 Introduction 41 3.2 Qos-Driven Mobile Service Selection 43 3.2.1 Prerequisite Definitions 43 3.2.2 Mobility-Aware Approach 45 3.2.3 Experiments and Analysis 52 3.3 Energy Consumption-Driven Mobile Service Selection 60 3.3.1 Problem Definition 60 3.3.2 Service Selection Methods and Algorithms 65 3.3.3 Simulation Experiments and Analysis 70 3.4 QoS-Correlation Aware Mobile Services Selection 78 3.4.1 Problem Definition 78 3.4.2 CASP Approach 80 3.4.3 Experiments 87 3.5 Summary 95 References 96 4 Mobile Services Recommendation 98 4.1 Background 98 4.2 Context-Aware Mobile Services Recommendation 99 4.2.1 Introduction 99 4.2.2 Models and Definitions 100 4.2.3 Experiment and Analysis 108 4.3 Trust-Aware Mobile Services Recommendation 112 4.3.1 Introduction 112 4.3.2 Problem Definition and Preliminary 114 4.3.3 Trust-Aware Recommendation Approach 115 4.3.4 Experiments 124 4.4 Social Network-Based Mobile Services Recommendation 133 4.4.1 Introduction 133 4.4.2 Problem Definition and Preliminary 133 4.4.3 Trust-Enhanced Recommendation Approach 135 4.4.4 Evaluation and Analysis 142 4.5 Summary 147 References 148 5 Mobile Service Composition 150 5.1 Introduction 150 5.2 Mobility-Aware Service Composition 151 5.2.1 Prerequisites and Problem Definition 152 5.2.2 Approach 156 5.2.3 Experiments 161 5.3 Risk-Aware Mobile Service Composition 167 5.3.1 Motivation Scenario and Problem Definition 167 5.3.2 MSA Approach 171 5.3.3 Experiments 174 5.4 Constraints-Driven Service Composition 178 5.4.1 Motivation Case and Problem Formulation 178 5.4.2 Approach 183 5.4.3 Experiments 190 5.5 Summary 198 References 199 6 Mobile Service Deployment 201 6.1 Introduction 201 6.2 Microservices-Based Applications Deployment on Edges 203 6.2.1 Motivation and Scenario 203 6.2.2 System Model 206 6.2.3 Problem Formulation 209 6.2.4 Approach and Algorithm 215 6.2.5 Experiments and Analysis 219 6.3 Data-Intensive Application Deployment on Edges 223 6.3.1 System Model 223 6.3.2 Problem Formulation 227 6.3.3 DQN-Based Application Deployment 228 6.3.4 Simulation Results 230 6.4 Dynamic Service Deployment and Replacement on Edges 235 6.4.1 Problem Definition and Description 235 6.4.2 Approach 239 6.4.3 Experiments 243 6.5 Conclusion 245 References 245 7 Mobile Services Computation Offloading 248 7.1 Introduction 248 7.2 Computing Offloading in Mobile Cloud Computing 252 7.2.1 Mobility Model for Offloading 252 7.2.2 Fault-Tolerence Offloading 254 7.2.3 Offloading Algorithm 257 7.2.4 Evaluation 259 7.3 Mobility-Aware Cross-Edge Computation Offloading 263 7.3.1 A Motivation Scenario 263 7.3.2 Latency and Energy Consumption in Offloading 264 7.3.3 Edge Site-Selection Problem with Parallel Execution 265 7.3.4 The Cross-Edge Computation Offloading Framework 265 7.3.5 Evaluation 267 7.4 Computing Offloading with Cooperative Edge Networks 270 7.4.1 Edge Servers in Cooperative Networks 271 7.4.2 Local and Remote Execution with Task Relocation Model 273 7.4.3 Latency Minimization with Uncertain of Users' Requests 277 7.4.4 Joint Computation Offloading and Resource Management Optimization Algorithm 279 7.4.5 Evaluation 280 7.5 Conclusion 283 References 285 8 Mobile Service Provisioning 286 8.1 Introduction 286 8.2 Revenue-Driven Service Provisioning in Mobile Cloud Computing 287 8.2.1 System Models and Problem Formulation 288 8.2.2 RESP Approach 292 8.2.3 Experiments 297 8.3 Composition-Driven Service Provisioning in Distributed Edges 299 8.3.1 Problem Definition and Description 300 8.3.2 Approach 304 8.3.3 Experiments and Analysis 312 8.4 Request Dispatching for Edge Provisioning Systems 318 8.4.1 Problem Formulation 319 8.4.2 GASD Approach 324 8.4.3 Experiments 330 8.5 Summary 335 References 335 Front Matter ....Pages i-x Services Computing: A Brief Overview (Shuiguang Deng, Hongyue Wu, Jianwei Yin)....Pages 1-15 Mobile Services Computing: Opportunities and Challenges (Shuiguang Deng, Hongyue Wu, Jianwei Yin)....Pages 17-30 Mobile Service Selection (Shuiguang Deng, Hongyue Wu, Jianwei Yin)....Pages 31-87 Mobile Services Recommendation (Shuiguang Deng, Hongyue Wu, Jianwei Yin)....Pages 89-140 Mobile Service Composition (Shuiguang Deng, Hongyue Wu, Jianwei Yin)....Pages 141-191 Mobile Service Deployment (Shuiguang Deng, Hongyue Wu, Jianwei Yin)....Pages 193-239 Mobile Services Computation Offloading (Shuiguang Deng, Hongyue Wu, Jianwei Yin)....Pages 241-278 Mobile Service Provisioning (Shuiguang Deng, Hongyue Wu, Jianwei Yin)....Pages 279-329