Market-Oriented Grid and Utility Computing

Abstract

The first single-source reference covering the state of the art in grid and utility computing economy research. This book presents the first integrated, single-source reference on market-oriented grid and utility computing. Divided into four main parts-and with contributions from a panel of experts in the field-it systematically and carefully explores: Foundations-presents the fundamental concepts of market-oriented computing and the issues and challenges in allocating resources in a decentralized computing environment. Business models-covers business models for service providers and brokers supporting different types of distributed applications, as well as business rules-based models for ma..