05816nam 22007815 450 99664786910331620251116214110.09783031812262303181226310.1007/978-3-031-81226-2(MiAaPQ)EBC31897895(Au-PeEL)EBL31897895(CKB)37465304500041(DE-He213)978-3-031-81226-2(OCoLC)1500771975(EXLCZ)993746530450004120250206d2025 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEconomics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services 20th International Conference, GECON 2024, Rome, Italy, September 26–27, 2024, Proceedings /edited by Maurizio Naldi, Karim Djemame, Jörn Altmann, José Ángel Bañares1st ed. 2025.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Springer,2025.1 online resource (406 pages)Lecture Notes in Computer Science,1611-3349 ;153589783031812255 3031812255 -- Keynotes. -- Privacy as a Collective Value and How to Protect in the Era of AI. -- Patents and the Technological Evolution of AI. -- Function as a Service: Resource Management and QoS. -- Marginal Cost of Computation as a Collaborative Strategy for Resource Management at the Edge. -- FaaS@Edge: Bringing Function-as-a-Service to Voluntary Computing at the Edge. -- FaaS-Utility: Tackling FaaS Cold Starts with User-preference and QoS-driven Pricing. -- Icarus: a Testing-as-a-Service Utility for Serverless Functions. -- Cloud Business Models, Pricing, Trading, Network Neutrality. -- A Cloud Resources Portfolio Optimization Business Model - From Theory to Practice. -- ISP Pricing and Platform Pricing Interaction under Net Neutrality. -- How to Accommodate Network Slicing & Network Neutrality. -- PricingTheCloud: A Pricing Estimator for an Informed Cloud-Migration Process. -- Innovating Letter-of-Credit Mechanisms: The Integration of RSA-Encrypted NFTs for Enhanced Security and Efficiency. -- Enhancing Transparency and Ethical Sourcing in Handicraft Supply Chains through Blockchain, Smart Contracts, NFTs, and IPFS Integration. -- Edge Computing and Energy Awareness. -- Scheduling Energy-aware Multi-function Serverless Workloads in OpenFaaS. -- Efficient Placement of Interdependent Services in Multi-access Edge Computing. -- Optimal CPU Frequency Selection to Minimize the Runtime of Tasks Under Power Capping. -- Energy-Efficient Task Offloading in Edge Computing: A Survey of Deep Reinforcement Learning Approaches. -- Edge Energy Orchestration. -- AI/Forecasting/Prediction Sales. -- Towards Trustworthy Aircraft Safety: Explainable AI for Accurate Incident and Accident Predictions. -- Trust and Trust-Building Policies to Support Cybersecurity Information Sharing: A Systematic Literature Review. -- Influencer Sales on TikTok: Forecasting Prominent Factors. -- Machine Learning Explainability as a Service: Service Description and Economics. -- Smart Mobility Solutions for Urban Transportation in ASEAN: A Bibliometric Study of Trends and Innovations. -- Resource Management in Cloud Applications: Simulation, Streaming Processing and Workflows. -- Distributed Simulation with Efficient Fault Tolerance. -- Strainer: Windowing-based Advanced Sampling in Stream Processing Systems. -- On Digital Twins for Cloud Continuum Applications. -- Specification of Complex Analytics Workflows: A Formal Language Model of Decision Options.This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services, GECON 2024, held in Rome, Italy, during September 26–27, 2024. The 12 full papers and 10 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. They focus on topics such as: Function as a Service: Resource Management and QoS; Cloud Business Models, Pricing, Trading, Network Neutrality; Edge Computing and Energy Awareness; AI/Forecasting/Prediction Sales; and Resource Management in Cloud Applications: Simulation, Streaming Processing and Workflows.Lecture Notes in Computer Science,1611-3349 ;15358Computer networksComputers, Special purposeComputer systemsOperating systems (Computers)Artificial intelligenceProgramming languages (Electronic computers)Computer Communication NetworksSpecial Purpose and Application-Based SystemsComputer System ImplementationOperating SystemsArtificial IntelligenceProgramming LanguageComputer networks.Computers, Special purpose.Computer systems.Operating systems (Computers)Artificial intelligence.Programming languages (Electronic computers)Computer Communication Networks.Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems.Computer System Implementation.Operating Systems.Artificial Intelligence.Programming Language.004.6Naldi Maurizio27577Djemame Karim1784728Altmann Jö1784729Bañares José Ángel0MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996647869103316Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services4316304UNISA