Efficient Resource Scheduling for Distributed Infrastructures Using Negotiation Capabilities

Junjie Chu, Prashant Singh, Salman Toor

Abstract: The information explosion drives enterprises and individuals to rent cloud computing infrastructure for their applications in the cloud. However, the agreements between cloud computing providers and clients are often inefficient. We propose an agent-based auto-negotiation system for resource scheduling using fuzzy logic. Our method completes a one-to-one auto-negotiation process and generates optimal offers for providers and clients. We compare the impact of different member functions, fuzzy rule sets, and negotiation scenarios on the offers to optimize the system. Our proposed method efficiently utilizes resources and offers interpretability, high flexibility, and customization. We successfully train machine learning models to replace the fuzzy negotiation system, improving processing speed. The article also highlights potential future improvements to the proposed system and machine learning models. All codes and data are available as an open source repository.