Economic Models and Algorithms for Distributed Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Neumann, Dirk. (Editor), Baker, Mark. (Editor), Altmann, Jr̲n. (Editor), Rana, Omer. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhũser Basel, 2010.
• Series: Autonomic Systems
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer network architectures.; Computer system performance.; Information systems.; Information Systems.; Economics.; Computer Science.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.; Economic Systems.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet).; System Performance and Evaluation.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8899-7

 Distributed computing paradigms for sharing resources such as Clouds, Grids, Peer-to-Peer systems, or voluntary computing are becoming increasingly popular. While there are some success stories such as PlanetLab, OneLab, BOINC, BitTorrent, and SETI@home, a widespread use of these technologies for business applications has not yet been achieved. In a business environment, mechanisms are needed to provide incentives to potential users for participating in such networks. These mechanisms may range from simple non-monetary access rights, monetary payments to specific policies for sharing. Although a few models for a framework have been discussed (in the general area of a "Grid Economy"), none of these models has yet been realised in practice. This book attempts to fill this gap by discussing the reasons for such limited take-up and exploring incentive mechanisms for resource sharing in distributed systems. The purpose of this book is to identify research challenges in successfully using and deploying resource sharing strategies in open-source and commercial distributed systems.