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A Multi-agent-Based Framework for Cloud Service Description and Discovery Using Ontology

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Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices

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The spectrum of cloud service providers has become large these days with increasing popularity of cloud computing as a service. These services appear to be similar in their approaches excepting that they vary in their key attributes such as price, computational power, and storage policy. As of now, there are no standardized specifications defined for a cloud service provider. Different cloud service providers use different vocabulary to specify similar operations. A number of quality of service (QoS) parameters may be associated with a service, and thus, identification of the appropriate parameter and its management is the vital issue that needs to be addressed by the service provider. In this context, the search engines such as Google, MSN, etc., do not represent the most effective and most efficient tools in order for determining the appropriate cloud service that could optimally meet the service requirements of a customer. It remains as a challenging issue for a customer requesting for a cloud service. Thus, there arises the necessity of a reasoning mechanism for service discovery that is capable of resolving the similarities among variety of services. In this paper, we address a semantic-based service description and discovery framework using multi-agent approach, where the cloud service descriptions that are automated based on shared ontology, contribute to optimal discovery of appropriate services as requested by consumers.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, ITER, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, 751030, Odisha, India

    Manoranjan Parhi & Binod Kumar Pattanayak

  2. Department of Computer Science, Berhampur University, Berhampur, 760007, Odisha, India

    Manas Ranjan Patra

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Parhi, M., Pattanayak, B.K., Patra, M.R. (2015). A Multi-agent-Based Framework for Cloud Service Description and Discovery Using Ontology. In: Jain, L., Patnaik, S., Ichalkaranje, N. (eds) Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 308. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2012-1_35

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