2015/04/28 by Thomas Sandholm, Sandholm, Thomas, Dongman Lee +1
Computer Science · #Advanced Data Storage Technologies #Cloud Computing and Resource Management #Distributed #Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Parallel #and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1504.07325
openalex publication_date 2015/04/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This letter provides a review of fundamental distributed systems and economic Cloud computing principles. These principles are frequently deployed in their respective fields, but their inter-dependencies are often neglected. Given that Cloud Computing first and foremost is a new business model, a new model to sell computational resources, the understanding of these concepts is facilitated by treating them in unison. Here, we review some of the most important concepts and how they relate to each other.