A MAPE-K Loop Based Model for Virtual Machine Consolidation in Cloud Data Centers

Subject Areas : Journal of Computer & Robotics

Negin Najafizadegan ¹ , Eslam Nazemi ² , Vahid Khajehvand ³

1 - Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran
2 - Shahid Beheshti University
3 - Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran

Received: 2021-02-20 Accepted : 2021-04-12 Published : 2020-12-01

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