Future Generation Computer Systems, Volume 56

Volume 56, March 2016

Regular Papers

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  Germán Moltó, Miguel Caballer, Carlos de Alfonso:
  Automatic memory-based vertical elasticity and oversubscription on cloud platforms. 1-10
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  Daren Fang, Xiaodong Liu, Imed Romdhani, Pooyan Jamshidi, Claus Pahl:
  An agility-oriented and fuzziness-embedded semantic model for collaborative cloud service search, retrieval and recommendation. 11-26
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  Tuan Anh Nguyen, Dong Seong Kim, Jong Sou Park:
  Availability modeling and analysis of a data center for disaster tolerance. 27-50
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  Mina Sedaghat, Francisco Hernández-Rodriguez, Erik Elmroth:
  Decentralized cloud datacenter reconsolidation through emergent and topology-aware behavior. 51-63
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  Spiros Koulouzis, Adam S. Z. Belloum, Marian Bubak, Zhiming Zhao, Miroslav Zivkovic, Cees T. A. M. de Laat:
  SDN-aware federation of distributed data. 64-76
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  Fabrizio Messina, Giuseppe Pappalardo, Domenico Rosaci, Corrado Santoro, Giuseppe M. L. Sarnè:
  A trust-aware, self-organizing system for large-scale federations of utility computing infrastructures. 77-94
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  Trong-Tuan Vu, Bilel Derbel:
  Parallel Branch-and-Bound in multi-core multi-CPU multi-GPU heterogeneous environments. 95-109
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  Shuai Gao, Yujing Zeng, Hongbin Luo, Hongke Zhang:
  Scalable control plane for intra-domain communication in software defined information centric networking. 110-120

Special Section: Nature-inspired Computation and Communication: A Formal Approach

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  Phan Cong Vinh, Emil Vassev:
  Nature-inspired computation and communication: A formal approach. 121-123
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  Christian Kroiß, Tomás Bures:
  Logic-based modeling of information transfer in cyber-physical multi-agent systems. 124-139
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  Phan Cong Vinh:
  Concurrency of self-* in autonomic systems. 140-152
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  Xi Wu, Huibiao Zhu:
  Formalization and analysis of the REST architecture from the process algebra perspective. 153-168

Special Section: Multicore and Many-core Architectures for Future Generation Embedded Systems

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  Houcine Hassan, Laurence T. Yang, Haibo Zhang, Marco D. Santambrogio:
  Special Issue on: Multicore and Many-core Architectures for Future Generation Embedded Systems. 169-170
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  Hongxing Wei, Zhenzhou Shao, Zhen Huang, Renhai Chen, Yong Guan, Jindong Tan, Zili Shao:
  RT-ROS: A real-time ROS architecture on multi-core processors. 171-178
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  Jun Wu:
  Energy-efficient scheduling of real-time tasks with shared resources. 179-191
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  Francisco Almenar, Carlos Domínguez, Houcine Hassan, Juan-Miguel Martinez-Rubio, Pedro López:
  Embedded GPU and multicore processors for emotional-based mobile robotic agents. 192-201
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  Jun Liu, Jinhua Guo:
  Energy efficient scheduling of real-time tasks on multi-core processors with voltage islands. 202-210
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  Julio Sahuquillo, Houcine Hassan, Salvador Petit, José Luis March, José Duato:
  A dynamic execution time estimation model to save energy in heterogeneous multicores running periodic tasks. 211-219
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  Gang Zeng, Yutaka Matsubara, Hiroyuki Tomiyama, Hiroaki Takada:
  Energy-aware task migration for multiprocessor real-time systems. 220-228
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  Bei Wang, Yuxia Cheng, Wenzhi Chen, Qinming He, Yang Xiang, Mohammad Mehedi Hassan, Abdulhameed Alelaiwi:
  Efficient consolidation-aware VCPU scheduling on multicore virtualization platform. 229-237
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  Liwei Chen, Yipeng Wang, Huandong Wang, Wenxiang Wang, Hua Jing, Guangfei Zhang:
  Multiple-combinational-channel: A network architecture for workload balance and deadlock free. 238-246
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  Rajesh Kumar Pal, Ierum Shanaya, Kolin Paul, Sanjiva Prasad:
  Dynamic core allocation for energy efficient video decoding in homogeneous and heterogeneous multicore architectures. 247-261

Special Section: High-performance Networking for Distributed Data-intensive Science

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  Brian Tierney, Mehmet Balman, Cees de Laat:
  Special section on high-performance networking for distributed data-intensive science. 262-264
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  Mohammad Javad Rashti, Gerald Sabin, Rajkumar Kettimuthu:
  Long-haul secure data transfer using hardware-assisted GridFTP. 265-276
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  Nathan Hanford, Vishal Ahuja, Matthew K. Farrens, Dipak Ghosal, Mehmet Balman, Eric Pouyoul, Brian Tierney:
  Improving network performance on multicore systems: Impact of core affinities on high throughput flows. 277-283
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  Mehmet Fatih Aktas, Georgiana Haldeman, Manish Parashar:
  Scheduling and flexible control of bandwidth and in-transit services for end-to-end application workflows. 284-294
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  Ronald van der Pol, Bart Gijsen, Piotr Zuraniewski, Daniel Filipe Cabaça Romão, Marijke Kaat:
  Assessment of SDN technology for an easy-to-use VPN service. 295-302
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  Yoshiyuki Kido, Kohei Ichikawa, Susumu Date, Yasuhiro Watashiba, Hirotake Abe, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Eiji Kawai, Haruo Takemura, Shinji Shimojo:
  SAGE-based Tiled Display Wall enhanced with dynamic routing functionality triggered by user interaction. 303-314

Special Section: Special Issue on Utility and Cloud Computing

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  Shrideep Pallickara:
  Some Recent Advances in Utility and Cloud Computing. 315-316
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  Johannes Wettinger, Uwe Breitenbücher, Oliver Kopp, Frank Leymann:
  Streamlining DevOps automation for Cloud applications using TOSCA as standardized metamodel. 317-332
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  Yang Li, Yike Guo:
  Wiki-Health: From Quantified Self to Self-Understanding. 333-359
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  Walid Budgaga, Matthew Malensek, Sangmi Lee Pallickara, Neil Harvey, F. Jay Breidt, Shrideep Pallickara:
  Predictive analytics using statistical, learning, and ensemble methods to support real-time exploration of discrete event simulations. 360-374
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  Domenico Cotroneo, Andrea Paudice, Antonio Pecchia:
  Automated root cause identification of security alerts: Evaluation in a SaaS Cloud. 375-387
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  Vincenzo De Maio, Radu Prodan, Shajulin Benedict, Gabor Kecskemeti:
  Modelling energy consumption of network transfers and virtual machine migration. 388-406
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  Jesus Omana Iglesias, Milan De Cauwer, Deepak Mehta, Barry O'Sullivan, Liam Murphy:
  Increasing task consolidation efficiency by using more accurate resource estimations. 407-420
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  Joarder Kamal, M. Manzur Murshed, Rajkumar Buyya:
  Workload-aware incremental repartitioning of shared-nothing distributed databases for scalable OLTP applications. 421-435

Special Section: Cyber Physical Systems Technologies and Application. Part 1

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  Seungmin Rho, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, Weifeng Chen:
  Cyber physical systems technologies and applications. 436-437
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  Jianqi Liu, Jiafu Wan, Qinruo Wang, Bi Zeng, Shaoliang Fang:
  A time-recordable cross-layer communication protocol for the positioning of Vehicular Cyber-Physical Systems. 438-448
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  Fei Hu, Yu Lu, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, Qi Hao, Rui Ma, Yogendra Patil, Ting Zhang, Jiang Lu, Xin Li, Neal N. Xiong:
  Robust Cyber-Physical Systems: Concept, models, and implementation. 449-475
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  Rasmeet S. Bali, Neeraj Kumar:
  Secure clustering for efficient data dissemination in vehicular cyber-physical systems. 476-492
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  Awais Ahmad, Anand Paul, M. Mazhar Rathore, Hangbae Chang:
  Smart cyber society: Integration of capillary devices with high usability based on Cyber-Physical System. 493-503
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  Huansheng Ning, Hong Liu, Jianhua Ma, Laurence T. Yang, Runhe Huang:
  Cybermatics: Cyber-physical-social-thinking hyperspace based science and technology. 504-522

Special Section: eScience: Today and Tomorrow

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  Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, Daniel S. Katz:
  eScience today and tomorrow. 523-525
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  Andréa M. Matsunaga, Austin Mast, José A. B. Fortes:
  Workforce-efficient consensus in crowdsourced transcription of biocollections information. 526-536
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  Andrew Tokmakoff, Ben Sparrow, David Turner, Andrew Lowe:
  AusPlots Rangelands field data collection and publication: Infrastructure for ecological monitoring. 537-549
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  Jeferson S. Arcanjo, Eduardo F. P. da Luz, Álvaro Luiz Fazenda, Fernando Manuel Ramos:
  Methods for evaluating volunteers' contributions in a deforestation detection citizen science project. 550-557
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  Johannes-Y. Lohrer, Daniel Kaltenthaler, Peer Kröger, Christiaan van der Meijden, Henriette Obermaier:
  A generic framework for synchronized distributed data management in archaeological related disciplines. 558-570
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  Kyle Chard, Mattias Lidman, Brendan McCollam, Josh Bryan, Rachana Ananthakrishnan, Steven Tuecke, Ian T. Foster:
  Globus Nexus: A Platform-as-a-Service provider of research identity, profile, and group management. 571-583
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  Johannes Starlinger, Sarah Cohen Boulakia, Sanjeev Khanna, Susan B. Davidson, Ulf Leser:
  Effective and efficient similarity search in scientific workflow repositories. 584-594
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  Ryan Chard, Kris Bubendorfer, Bryan Ng:
  Network health and e-Science in commercial clouds. 595-604

Special Section: Special Issue on Internet of Things and Cloud Services

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  Muhammad Younas, Irfan Awan, Antonio Pescapè:
  Internet of Things and Cloud Services. 605-606
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  Aleksandar Antonic, Martina Marjanovic, Kresimir Pripuzic, Ivana Podnar Zarko:
  A mobile crowd sensing ecosystem enabled by CUPUS: Cloud-based publish/subscribe middleware for the Internet of Things. 607-622
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  Giovanni Merlino, Stamatios Arkoulis, Salvatore Distefano, Chrysa Papagianni, Antonio Puliafito, Symeon Papavassiliou:
  Mobile crowdsensing as a service: A platform for applications on top of sensing Clouds. 623-639
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  Mohammed Abdullahi, Md. Asri Ngadi, Shafii Muhammad Abdulhamid:
  Symbiotic Organism Search optimization based task scheduling in cloud computing environment. 640-650
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  Kais Mekki, Ahmed Zouinkhi, William Derigent, Eric Rondeau, André Thomas, Mohamed Naceur Abdelkrim:
  USEE: A uniform data dissemination and energy efficient protocol for communicating materials. 651-663
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  Seonghoon Moon, Juwan Yoo, Songkuk Kim:
  Adaptive interface selection over cloud-based split-layer video streaming via multi-wireless networks. 664-674
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  Mário Antunes, Diogo Gomes, Rui L. Aguiar:
  Scalable semantic aware context storage. 675-683
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  Alessio Botta, Walter de Donato, Valerio Persico, Antonio Pescapè:
  Integration of Cloud computing and Internet of Things: A survey. 684-700
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  Martin Henze, Lars Hermerschmidt, Daniel Kerpen, Roger Häußling, Bernhard Rumpe, Klaus Wehrle:
  A comprehensive approach to privacy in the cloud-based Internet of Things. 701-718
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  Andreas Jacobsson, Martin Boldt, Bengt Carlsson:
  A risk analysis of a smart home automation system. 719-733

Special Section: Advanced Topics on Middleware Services for Heterogeneous Distributed Computing. Part 1

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  Florin Pop, Xiaomin Zhu, Laurence T. Yang:
  MidHDC: Advanced Topics on Middleware Services for Heterogeneous Distributed Computing. Part 1. 734-735
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  Tian Huang, Yongxin Zhu, Yafei Wu, Stéphane Bressan, Gillian Dobbie:
  Anomaly detection and identification scheme for VM live migration in cloud infrastructure. 736-745
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  Yulai Xie, Dan Feng, Yan Li, Darrell D. E. Long:
  Oasis: An active storage framework for object storage platform. 746-758
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  Xiaocheng Liu, Ziming Zhong, Kai Xu:
  A hybrid solution method for CFD applications on GPU-accelerated hybrid HPC platforms. 759-765
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  Hui Zhao, Min Chen, Meikang Qiu, Keke Gai, Meiqin Liu:
  A novel pre-cache schema for high performance Android system. 766-772
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  Marco Gribaudo, Mauro Iacono, Daniele Manini:
  Improving reliability and performances in large scale distributed applications with erasure codes and replication. 773-782