Based on the deficiency of time convergence and variability of Web services selection for services composition supporting cross-enterprises collaboration,an algorithm QCDSS(QoS constraints of dynamic Web services sele...Based on the deficiency of time convergence and variability of Web services selection for services composition supporting cross-enterprises collaboration,an algorithm QCDSS(QoS constraints of dynamic Web services selection)to resolve dynamic Web services selection with QoS global optimal path,was proposed.The essence of the algorithm was that the problem of dynamic Web services selection with QoS global optimal path was transformed into a multi-objective services composition optimization problem with QoS constraints.The operations of the cross and mutation in genetic algorithm were brought into PSOA(particle swarm optimization algorithm),forming an improved algorithm(IPSOA)to solve the QoS global optimal problem.Theoretical analysis and experimental results indicate that the algorithm can better satisfy the time convergence requirement for Web services composition supporting cross-enterprises collaboration than the traditional algorithms.展开更多
More and more embedded devices, such as mobile phones, tablet PCs and laptops, are used in every field, so huge files need to be stored or backed up into cloud storage. Optimizing the performance of cloud storage is v...More and more embedded devices, such as mobile phones, tablet PCs and laptops, are used in every field, so huge files need to be stored or backed up into cloud storage. Optimizing the performance of cloud storage is very important for Internet development. This paper presents the performance evaluation of the open source distributed storage system, a highly available, distributed, eventually consistent object/blob store from Open Stack cloud computing components. This paper mainly focuses on the mechanism of cloud storage as well as the optimization methods to process different sized files. This work provides two major contributions through comprehensive performance evaluations. First, it provides different configurations for Open Stack Swift system and an analysis of how every component affects the performance. Second, it presents the detailed optimization methods to improve the performance in processing different sized files. The experimental results show that our method improves the performance and the structure. We give the methods to optimize the object-based cloud storage system to deploy the readily available storage system.展开更多
To address the challenges posed by resource shortage or surplus to enterprises productivity,Internet platforms have been widely used,which can balance shortage and surplus in broader environments. However,the existing...To address the challenges posed by resource shortage or surplus to enterprises productivity,Internet platforms have been widely used,which can balance shortage and surplus in broader environments. However,the existing resource management models lack openness,sharing ability and scalability,which make it difficult for many heterogeneous resources to co-exist in the same system. It is also difficult to resolve the conflicts between distributed self-management and centralized scheduling in the system. This paper analyzes the characteristics of resources in the distributed environment and proposes a new resource management architecture by considering the resource aggregation capacity of cloud computing. The architecture includes a universal resource scheduling optimization model which has been applied successfully in double-district multi-ship-scheduling multi-container-yard empty containers transporting of international shipping logistics. Applications in all these domains prove that this new resource management architecture is feasible and can achieve the expected effect.展开更多
This paper addresses the problem of service composition in military organization cloud cooperation(MOCC). Military service providers(MSP) cooperate together to provide military resources for military service users...This paper addresses the problem of service composition in military organization cloud cooperation(MOCC). Military service providers(MSP) cooperate together to provide military resources for military service users(MSU). A group of atom services, each of which has its level of quality of service(QoS), can be combined together into a certain structure to form a composite service. Since there are a large number of atom services having the same function, the atom service is selected to participate in the composite service so as to fulfill users' will. In this paper a method based on discrete particle swarm optimization(DPSO) is proposed to tackle this problem. The method aims at selecting atom services from service repositories to constitute the composite service, satisfying the MSU's requirement on QoS. Since the QoS criteria include location-aware criteria and location-independent criteria, this method aims to get the composite service with the highest location-aware criteria and the best-match location-independent criteria. Simulations show that the DPSO has a better performance compared with the standard particle swarm optimization(PSO) and genetic algorithm(GA).展开更多
Internet of things(IoT) imposes new challenges on service composition as it is difficult to manage a quick instantiation of a complex services from a growing number of dynamic candidate services. A cross-modified Arti...Internet of things(IoT) imposes new challenges on service composition as it is difficult to manage a quick instantiation of a complex services from a growing number of dynamic candidate services. A cross-modified Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm(CMABC) is proposed to achieve the optimal solution services in an acceptable time and high accuracy. Firstly, web service instantiation model was established. What is more, to overcome the problem of discrete and chaotic solution space, the global optimal solution was used to accelerate convergence rate by imitating the cross operation of Genetic algorithm(GA). The simulation experiment result shows that CMABC exhibited faster convergence speed and better convergence accuracy than some other intelligent optimization algorithms.展开更多
To improve the inefficient prevention caused by customers unwillingness to adopt prevention strategies in health management,an incentive feedback mechanism that is based on game theory and contract design theory is in...To improve the inefficient prevention caused by customers unwillingness to adopt prevention strategies in health management,an incentive feedback mechanism that is based on game theory and contract design theory is introduced.The conditions for making customers and health maintenance organizations(HMOs)willing to participate in the proposed mechanism are given.A dual nonlinear programming model is used to identify the optimal prevention effort of customers and the pricing strategy of HMOs.Results show that to generate increased benefits,HMOs need to consider cost sharing when customers are not familiar with the proposed health services.When health services are gradually accepted,the cost sharing factor can be gradually reduced.Simulation shows that under random circumstances in which the market reaches a certain size,the proposed method exhibits a positive network externality.Motivated by network externality,HMOs only need to make their customers understand that the larger the number of participants,the greater the utility of each person.Such customers may then spontaneously invite others to purchase insurance.展开更多
The mobility of service providers brings new features into the research of dynamic network based service composition.From an optimistic perspective,the mobility of services could benefit the optimization of service co...The mobility of service providers brings new features into the research of dynamic network based service composition.From an optimistic perspective,the mobility of services could benefit the optimization of service composition,if properly handled.Therefore,the impacts of node mobility on the dynamic network based service composition are investigated.Then,a movement-assisted optimization method,namely MASCO,is proposed to improve the performance of the composited services by minimizing the length of data stream and the hop-counts of the service routes in the underlying networks.The correctness and efficiency of the proposed method are then verified through theoretical analysis and computer simulations.展开更多
Scheduling is one of the most difficult issues in t he planning and operations of the aircraft services industry. In this paper, t he various scheduling problems in ground support operation of an aircraft mainte nance...Scheduling is one of the most difficult issues in t he planning and operations of the aircraft services industry. In this paper, t he various scheduling problems in ground support operation of an aircraft mainte nance service company are addressed. The authors developed a set of vehicle rout ings to cover each schedule flights; the objectives pursued are the maximization of vehicle and manpower utilization and minimization of operation time. To obta in the goals, an integer-programming model with genetic algorithm is formulated . It is found that the company can produce an effective and efficient schedules to deploy the manpower and equipment resources. Simulation is used to verify the method and a MATLAB program is used to code the genetic algorithm. This model i s further illustrated by a case study in Hong Kong and the benefit elaborated. F inally, a conclusion is made to summarize the experience of this project and pro vide further improvement.展开更多
In existing research,the optimization of algorithms applied to cloud manufacturing service composition based on the quality of service often suffers from decreased convergence rates and solution quality due to single-...In existing research,the optimization of algorithms applied to cloud manufacturing service composition based on the quality of service often suffers from decreased convergence rates and solution quality due to single-population searches in fixed spaces and insufficient information exchange.In this paper,we introduce an improved Sparrow Search Algorithm(ISSA)to address these issues.The fixed solution space is divided into multiple subspaces,allowing for parallel searches that expedite the discovery of target solutions.To enhance search efficiency within these subspaces and significantly improve population diversity,we employ multiple group evolution mechanisms and chaotic perturbation strategies.Furthermore,we incorporate adaptive weights and a global capture strategy based on the golden sine to guide individual discoverers more effectively.Finally,differential Cauchy mutation perturbation is utilized during sparrow position updates to strengthen the algorithm's global optimization capabilities.Simulation experiments on benchmark problems and service composition optimization problems show that the ISSA delivers superior optimization accuracy and convergence stability compared to other methods.These results demonstrate that our approach effectively balances global and local search abilities,leading to enhanced performance in cloud manufacturing service composition.展开更多
Large-scale service composition has become an important research topic in Service-Oriented Computing(SOC). Quality of Service(Qo S) has been mostly applied to represent nonfunctional properties of web services and...Large-scale service composition has become an important research topic in Service-Oriented Computing(SOC). Quality of Service(Qo S) has been mostly applied to represent nonfunctional properties of web services and to differentiate those with the same functionality. Many studies for measuring service composition in terms of Qo S have been completed. Among current popular optimization methods for service composition, the exhaustion method has some disadvantages such as requiring a large number of calculations and poor scalability. Similarly,the traditional evolutionary computation method has defects such as exhibiting slow convergence speed and falling easily into the local optimum. In order to solve these problems, an improved optimization algorithm, WS FOA(Web Service composition based on Fruit Fly Optimization Algorithm) for service composition, was proposed, on the basis of the modeling of service composition and the FOA. Simulated experiments demonstrated that the algorithm is effective, feasible, stable, and possesses good global searching ability.展开更多
基金Project(70631004)supported by the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(20080440988)supported by the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China+1 种基金Project(09JJ4030)supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,ChinaProject supported by the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of Central South University,China
文摘Based on the deficiency of time convergence and variability of Web services selection for services composition supporting cross-enterprises collaboration,an algorithm QCDSS(QoS constraints of dynamic Web services selection)to resolve dynamic Web services selection with QoS global optimal path,was proposed.The essence of the algorithm was that the problem of dynamic Web services selection with QoS global optimal path was transformed into a multi-objective services composition optimization problem with QoS constraints.The operations of the cross and mutation in genetic algorithm were brought into PSOA(particle swarm optimization algorithm),forming an improved algorithm(IPSOA)to solve the QoS global optimal problem.Theoretical analysis and experimental results indicate that the algorithm can better satisfy the time convergence requirement for Web services composition supporting cross-enterprises collaboration than the traditional algorithms.
基金performed by key technology of networking media broadcast based on cloud computing in"China Twelfth Five-Year"Plan for Science&Technology Project(Grant No.:2013BAH65F01-2013BAH65F04)NSFC(Grant No.:61472144)+3 种基金National science and technology support plan(Grant No.:2013BAH65F03,2013BAH65F04)GDSTP(Grant No.:2013B010202004,2014A010103012)GDUPS(2011)Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.:20120172110023)
文摘More and more embedded devices, such as mobile phones, tablet PCs and laptops, are used in every field, so huge files need to be stored or backed up into cloud storage. Optimizing the performance of cloud storage is very important for Internet development. This paper presents the performance evaluation of the open source distributed storage system, a highly available, distributed, eventually consistent object/blob store from Open Stack cloud computing components. This paper mainly focuses on the mechanism of cloud storage as well as the optimization methods to process different sized files. This work provides two major contributions through comprehensive performance evaluations. First, it provides different configurations for Open Stack Swift system and an analysis of how every component affects the performance. Second, it presents the detailed optimization methods to improve the performance in processing different sized files. The experimental results show that our method improves the performance and the structure. We give the methods to optimize the object-based cloud storage system to deploy the readily available storage system.
基金Support by the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of China(No.2012BAA13B01,2014BAF07B02)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61273038)+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2015FM006)Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Shandong Province(No.2015ZDXX0201B02)
文摘To address the challenges posed by resource shortage or surplus to enterprises productivity,Internet platforms have been widely used,which can balance shortage and surplus in broader environments. However,the existing resource management models lack openness,sharing ability and scalability,which make it difficult for many heterogeneous resources to co-exist in the same system. It is also difficult to resolve the conflicts between distributed self-management and centralized scheduling in the system. This paper analyzes the characteristics of resources in the distributed environment and proposes a new resource management architecture by considering the resource aggregation capacity of cloud computing. The architecture includes a universal resource scheduling optimization model which has been applied successfully in double-district multi-ship-scheduling multi-container-yard empty containers transporting of international shipping logistics. Applications in all these domains prove that this new resource management architecture is feasible and can achieve the expected effect.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61573283)
文摘This paper addresses the problem of service composition in military organization cloud cooperation(MOCC). Military service providers(MSP) cooperate together to provide military resources for military service users(MSU). A group of atom services, each of which has its level of quality of service(QoS), can be combined together into a certain structure to form a composite service. Since there are a large number of atom services having the same function, the atom service is selected to participate in the composite service so as to fulfill users' will. In this paper a method based on discrete particle swarm optimization(DPSO) is proposed to tackle this problem. The method aims at selecting atom services from service repositories to constitute the composite service, satisfying the MSU's requirement on QoS. Since the QoS criteria include location-aware criteria and location-independent criteria, this method aims to get the composite service with the highest location-aware criteria and the best-match location-independent criteria. Simulations show that the DPSO has a better performance compared with the standard particle swarm optimization(PSO) and genetic algorithm(GA).
基金supported by a grant from the Project "Multifunctional mobile phone R & D and industrialization of the Internet of things" supported by the Project of the Provincial Department of research (2011A090200008)partly supported by National Science and Technology Major Project (No. 2010ZX07102-006)+3 种基金the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2011CB505402)the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61170117)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61432004)the National Key Research and Development Program (No.2016YFB1001404)
文摘Internet of things(IoT) imposes new challenges on service composition as it is difficult to manage a quick instantiation of a complex services from a growing number of dynamic candidate services. A cross-modified Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm(CMABC) is proposed to achieve the optimal solution services in an acceptable time and high accuracy. Firstly, web service instantiation model was established. What is more, to overcome the problem of discrete and chaotic solution space, the global optimal solution was used to accelerate convergence rate by imitating the cross operation of Genetic algorithm(GA). The simulation experiment result shows that CMABC exhibited faster convergence speed and better convergence accuracy than some other intelligent optimization algorithms.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.71531004,72071042).
文摘To improve the inefficient prevention caused by customers unwillingness to adopt prevention strategies in health management,an incentive feedback mechanism that is based on game theory and contract design theory is introduced.The conditions for making customers and health maintenance organizations(HMOs)willing to participate in the proposed mechanism are given.A dual nonlinear programming model is used to identify the optimal prevention effort of customers and the pricing strategy of HMOs.Results show that to generate increased benefits,HMOs need to consider cost sharing when customers are not familiar with the proposed health services.When health services are gradually accepted,the cost sharing factor can be gradually reduced.Simulation shows that under random circumstances in which the market reaches a certain size,the proposed method exhibits a positive network externality.Motivated by network externality,HMOs only need to make their customers understand that the larger the number of participants,the greater the utility of each person.Such customers may then spontaneously invite others to purchase insurance.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61070182,60873192)
文摘The mobility of service providers brings new features into the research of dynamic network based service composition.From an optimistic perspective,the mobility of services could benefit the optimization of service composition,if properly handled.Therefore,the impacts of node mobility on the dynamic network based service composition are investigated.Then,a movement-assisted optimization method,namely MASCO,is proposed to improve the performance of the composited services by minimizing the length of data stream and the hop-counts of the service routes in the underlying networks.The correctness and efficiency of the proposed method are then verified through theoretical analysis and computer simulations.
文摘Scheduling is one of the most difficult issues in t he planning and operations of the aircraft services industry. In this paper, t he various scheduling problems in ground support operation of an aircraft mainte nance service company are addressed. The authors developed a set of vehicle rout ings to cover each schedule flights; the objectives pursued are the maximization of vehicle and manpower utilization and minimization of operation time. To obta in the goals, an integer-programming model with genetic algorithm is formulated . It is found that the company can produce an effective and efficient schedules to deploy the manpower and equipment resources. Simulation is used to verify the method and a MATLAB program is used to code the genetic algorithm. This model i s further illustrated by a case study in Hong Kong and the benefit elaborated. F inally, a conclusion is made to summarize the experience of this project and pro vide further improvement.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62272214)。
文摘In existing research,the optimization of algorithms applied to cloud manufacturing service composition based on the quality of service often suffers from decreased convergence rates and solution quality due to single-population searches in fixed spaces and insufficient information exchange.In this paper,we introduce an improved Sparrow Search Algorithm(ISSA)to address these issues.The fixed solution space is divided into multiple subspaces,allowing for parallel searches that expedite the discovery of target solutions.To enhance search efficiency within these subspaces and significantly improve population diversity,we employ multiple group evolution mechanisms and chaotic perturbation strategies.Furthermore,we incorporate adaptive weights and a global capture strategy based on the golden sine to guide individual discoverers more effectively.Finally,differential Cauchy mutation perturbation is utilized during sparrow position updates to strengthen the algorithm's global optimization capabilities.Simulation experiments on benchmark problems and service composition optimization problems show that the ISSA delivers superior optimization accuracy and convergence stability compared to other methods.These results demonstrate that our approach effectively balances global and local search abilities,leading to enhanced performance in cloud manufacturing service composition.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61402006 and 61202227)the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province of China (No. 1408085MF132)+2 种基金the Science and Technology Planning Project of Anhui Province of China (No. 1301032162)the College Students Scientific Research Training Program (No. KYXL2014060)the 211 Project of Anhui University (No. 02303301)
文摘Large-scale service composition has become an important research topic in Service-Oriented Computing(SOC). Quality of Service(Qo S) has been mostly applied to represent nonfunctional properties of web services and to differentiate those with the same functionality. Many studies for measuring service composition in terms of Qo S have been completed. Among current popular optimization methods for service composition, the exhaustion method has some disadvantages such as requiring a large number of calculations and poor scalability. Similarly,the traditional evolutionary computation method has defects such as exhibiting slow convergence speed and falling easily into the local optimum. In order to solve these problems, an improved optimization algorithm, WS FOA(Web Service composition based on Fruit Fly Optimization Algorithm) for service composition, was proposed, on the basis of the modeling of service composition and the FOA. Simulated experiments demonstrated that the algorithm is effective, feasible, stable, and possesses good global searching ability.