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Strategy-proof mechanism for online resource allocation in cloud and edge collaboration

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Cloud computing is characterized by strong computing and storage capabilities, and edge computing has the advantages of low latency and low power consumption. Many service providers have begun to combine the advantages of cloud and edge computing to provide better quality of service, but the heterogeneity of cloud and edge computing represents a challenge for service deployment and resource allocation. This paper proposes a framework for cloud-edge collaboration based on live video webcast services and transforms the resource allocation problem into a constrained integer programming (IP) model. Additionally, we introduce an auction mechanism to solve the problem of resource competition among the anchor users in live services. By solving the IP resource allocation problem and Vickrey–Clarke–Groves mechanism, we obtain the optimal resource allocation mechanism. Based on the dominant resource proportion and matching model, we design a resource allocation mechanism for the online environment. These mechanisms can be used for reservation and live webcast scenarios. Furthermore, we prove that the two mechanisms have individual rationality and truthfulness. Our approach is characterized by high social welfare, high resource utilization and a short execution time.

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This work is supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 62062065, 61762091, 61662088, 12071417 and 11663007), the Project of the Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province of China (2019FB142 and 2018ZF017), and the Program for Excellent Young Talents, Yunnan University, China.

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    Jixian Zhang, Laixin Chi, Ning Xie, Xutao Yang & Xuejie Zhang

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Zhang, J., Chi, L., Xie, N. et al. Strategy-proof mechanism for online resource allocation in cloud and edge collaboration. Computing 104, 383–412 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00607-021-00962-6

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