Authors : S. Usha Kiruthika and S. Thamarai Selvi
Abstract: Cloud computing has enabled a pay-per-use model where anything is available anywhere as a service. While service provisioning requires no manual intervention the automated establishment of Service Level Agreement (SLA) which determines the Quality-of-Service (QoS) is still a challenge. This is mainly because of the complex decision making involved in automated negotiation of QoS parameters. Automated negotiation involves two or more self-interested agents negotiating with each other to agree upon a set of QoS parameters. The success of an automated negotiation system lies in the negotiation strategy that an agent adopts to generate counter-offers. In this research, we propose the architecture of an SLA management system. We analyze the properties of linear utility functions and propose an algorithm for generation of counter-offers that are more acceptable to the opponent.
S. Usha Kiruthika and S. Thamarai Selvi, 2016. Efficient Negotiation of SLA Parameters in Cloud Computing Environment. Asian Journal of Information Technology, 15: 3587-3597.