Research Article

Cost-Effective Resource Provisioning for Real-Time Workflow in Cloud

Algorithm 1

GRP4RW (global resource provisioning for real-time workflow) algorithm.
Input: 1. A workflow . 2. A collection of virtual machine types . 3. A fixed deadline .
Output: 1. Optimized Provision X. 2. Minimum Cost TC.
(1) Initial ;
(2) Add t0 ⟵ tentry, tn+1 ⟵ texit to ;
(3) WorkflowLayer ();
(4)X = ParallelProvision(, VMs, D);
(5);
(6) Output X, TC