Trading grid services - a multi-attribute combinatorial approach Export

@article{citeulike:1188201, abstract = {The Grid is a promising technology for providing access to distributed high-end computational capabilities. Thus, computational tasks can be performed spontaneously by other resources in the Grid that are not under the user's control. However, one of the key problems in the Grid is deciding which jobs are to be allocated to which resources at what time. In this context, the use of market mechanisms for scheduling and allocating Grid resources is a promising approach toward solving these problems. This paper proposes an auction mechanism for allocating and scheduling computer resources such as processors or storage space which have multiple quality attributes. The mechanism is evaluated according to its economic and computational performance as well as its practical applicability by means of a simulation.}, author = {Schnizler, Bjorn and Neumann, Dirk and Veit, Daniel and Weinhardt, Christof}, citeulike-article-id = {1188201}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2006.05.049}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0377221706007922}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VCT-4M877F3-8/2/b53a1c5dabd477ffb0b6d282c62c486d}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VCT-4M877F3-8/2/b53a1c5dabd477ffb0b6d282c62c486d}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2006.05.049}, doi = {10.1016/j.ejor.2006.05.049}, journal = {European Journal of Operational Research}, keywords = {auction, combinatorial}, number = {3}, pages = {943--961}, posted-at = {2009-03-04 09:24:30}, priority = {2}, title = {Trading grid services - a multi-attribute combinatorial approach}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2006.05.049}, volume = {187}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1188201 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1188201 N2 - The Grid is a promising technology for providing access to distributed high-end computational capabilities. Thus, computational tasks can be performed spontaneously by other resources in the Grid that are not under the user's control. However, one of the key problems in the Grid is deciding which jobs are to be allocated to which resources at what time. In this context, the use of market mechanisms for scheduling and allocating Grid resources is a promising approach toward solving these problems. This paper proposes an auction mechanism for allocating and scheduling computer resources such as processors or storage space which have multiple quality attributes. The mechanism is evaluated according to its economic and computational performance as well as its practical applicability by means of a simulation. IS - 3 JF - European Journal of Operational Research EP - 961 TI - Trading grid services - a multi-attribute combinatorial approach VL - 187 SP - 943 KW - auction KW - combinatorial AU - Schnizler, Bjorn AU - Neumann, Dirk AU - Veit, Daniel AU - Weinhardt, Christof PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2006.05.049 ER -