User perceived value-aware cloud pricing for profit maximization of multiserver systems

  • Peijin Cong
  • , Liying Li
  • , Gaoyuan Shao
  • , Junlong Zhou
  • , Mingsong Chen
  • , Kai Huang
  • , Tongquan Wei*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

With the rapid deployment of cloud computing infrastructures, understanding the economics of cloud computing has becoming a pressing issue for cloud service providers. However, existing pricing models rarely consider the dynamic interaction between user requests and the cloud service provider, thus can not accurately reflect the law of supply and demand in marketing. In this paper, we propose a pricing model based on the concept of user perceived value in the domain of economics that accurately capture the real supply and demand situation in the cloud service market. We then design a profit maximization scheme based on the presented dynamic pricing model that optimizes profit of the cloud service provider without violating user service-level agreement. Extensive experiments using data extracted from real-world applications validate the effectiveness of the proposed user perceived value-based pricing model. The proposed profit maximization scheme achieves 24.44% more profit as compared to the state of the art benchmarking methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2017 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, ICPADS 2017
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages537-544
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781538621295
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jul 2017
Event23rd IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, ICPADS 2017 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: 15 Dec 201717 Dec 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems - ICPADS
Volume2017-December
ISSN (Print)1521-9097

Conference

Conference23rd IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, ICPADS 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period15/12/1717/12/17

Keywords

  • Cloud computing
  • Dynamic pricing model
  • Profit maximization
  • User perceived value

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