内容简介
Thefirstsingle-sourcereferencecoveringthestateoftheartingridandutilitycomputingeconomyresearchThisbookpresentsthefirstintegrated,single-sourcereferenceonmarket-orientedgridandutilitycomputing.Dividedintofourmainparts—andwithcontributionsfromapanelofexpertsinthefield—itsystematicallyandcarefullyexplores:Foundations—presentsthefundamentalconceptsofmarket-orientedcomputingandtheissuesandchallengesinallocatingresourcesinadecentralizedcomputingenvironment.Businessmodels—coversbusinessmodelsforserviceprovidersandbrokerssupportingdifferenttypesofdistributedapplications,aswellasbusinessrules-basedmodelsformanagingvirtualorganizationsandaccountingoperationsandservicesingridcomputingenvironments.Policiesandagreements—introducespolicies,agreements,andspecificationsforthenegotiationandestablishmentofcontractsbetweenprovidersandconsumers.Italsocoversdifferentapproachesforresourceallocationbasedonservice-levelagreements(SLAs)andmanagementofrisksassociatedwithSLAviolations.Resourceallocationandschedulingmechanisms—coverseconomicmodels,suchascommoditymodels,reciprocation,auctions,andgametheory,andmiddlewaretechnologies,suchasNimrod/GandGridbus,formarket-orientedgridcomputingandutility-orientedresourceallocation.Thisbookexpertlycapturesthestateoftheartinthefieldwhilealsoidentifyingpotentialresearchdirectionsandtechnologiesthatwillfacilitatethecreationofglobalcommercialgridandutilitycomputingsystems.Itisanindispensablereferenceforsystemsarchitects,practitioners,developers,newresearchers,andgraduatestudents.
作者简介
Dr.RajkumarBuyyaisanAssociateProfessorofComputerScienceandSoftwareEngineeringandDirectoroftheCloudComputingandDistributedSystems(CLOUDS)LaboratoryattheUniversityofMelbourne,Australia.Dr.Buyyahascontributedtothecreationofhigh-performancecomputingandcommunicationsystemsoftwareforIndianPARAMsupercomputersandhaspioneeredtheeconomicparadigmforservice-orientedgridandcloudcomputing.HecurrentlyservesasthefoundingCEOofManjrasoft,acompanyproducingsoftwaresystemsforutility-orientedgridandcloudcomputing.Dr.KrisBubendorferlecturesincomputerscienceattheVictoriaUniversityofWellington,NewZealand.Heteachescoursesinnetworking,operatingsystems,algorithms,mobilesystems,andadvanceddistributedsystems.