Modeling a resource contention in the management of virtual organizations

A virtual organization provides a cost-efficient method allowing different autonomous entities, such as organizations, departments and individuals, to extend service offerings in a virtual marketplace. To support cost-efficient service provisioning, a suitable procedure must be applied to determine...

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Published in:Information sciences Vol. 180; no. 17; pp. 3108 - 3116
Main Author: Do, Tien Van
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Inc 01.09.2010
Subjects:
Algorithms
Computer simulation
Fast computational algorithm
Marketing
Mathematical models
Performance model
Provisioning
Queueing model
Resource contention
Resource management
Resources management
Steady state
Virtual organization
Queueing model
Virtual organization
Resource management
Performance model
Resource contention
Fast computational algorithm
ISSN:0020-0255, 1872-6291
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Summary:A virtual organization provides a cost-efficient method allowing different autonomous entities, such as organizations, departments and individuals, to extend service offerings in a virtual marketplace. To support cost-efficient service provisioning, a suitable procedure must be applied to determine the amount of resources necessary for the operation of virtual organizations. We propose a new mathematical model for a quantitative performance evaluation of resource management in virtual organizations. We present an efficient algorithm to determine the steady state probabilities and the performance measures of the system. A comparison with a detailed simulation model and other numerical approaches shows that the proposed algorithm is fast and accurate. This algorithm can therefore be used for resource dimensioning to support the cost-efficient operation of virtual organizations.
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ISSN:0020-0255
1872-6291
DOI:10.1016/j.ins.2010.04.027