Cloud scheduling with discrete charging units

• Main Authors: Tan, Ming Ming, Ren, Runtian, Tang, Xueyan
• Other Authors: School of Computer Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Computer science and engineering; Cloud Scheduling; Interval Scheduling
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144545
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We consider a scheduling problem for running jobs on machines rented from the cloud. Cloud service providers such as Amazon EC2 and Google Cloud offer machines to rent on demand, and charge the rental usage by a specific interval of time, say at an hourly rate. This pricing model creates an interest...