Evaluating economic-based entity strategies for the computational grid. (1st January 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bsoul, Mohammad; Phillips, Iain; Hinde, Chris; Alsarhan, Ayoub
• Is Part Of: International journal of business information systems. Volume 13:Number 2(2013)
• Page Start: 235
• Page End: 264
• Publication Date: 2013-01-01
• Subjects: grid computing -- economic scheduling -- tender/contract-net model -- strategy -- simulation -- user -- broker -- resource -- entity -- event-driven -- java; Information storage and retrieval systems -- Business -- Periodicals; Business -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Management information systems -- Periodicals; System design -- Periodicals; System analysis -- Periodicals; 651.8
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1746-0972

Abstract

Economic scheduling needs to be considered for grid computing environment, because it gives an incentive for resource providers to supply their resources. Moreover, it enforces efficient use of resources, because the users have to pay for their use. Tendering is a suitable model for grid scheduling because users start the negotiations for finding suitable resources for executing their jobs. Furthermore, the users specify their job requirements with their requests and therefore the resources reply with bids that are based on the cost of taking on the job and the availability of their processors. In this paper, a number of entity strategies are proposed and their performances are evaluated. The entities such as users, brokers and resources employ tender/contract-net model to negotiate the prices and deadlines. The broker's role is acting on behalf of users. During the negotiations, the entities aim to maximise their performance which is measured by a number of metrics.