CC-PSM: A Preference-Aware Selection Model for Cloud Service Based on Consumer Community

Table 1

Description of simulation data set.

Symbol	Description	Value range
	The number of cloud services	40
	The number of cloud consumers	40~400
	The number of consumer groups	4
	The number of QoS parameters	4
	The value of QoS parameters	1~5
	The weighting of consumer preference	0~1
WD	The average of preference difference between groups	0.1~0.5
	The maximum number of services chosen by a consumer	0~30
	service evaluation	1~5
	The probability of a consumer selecting a service that has been selected by other consumers in the same group	0.1~1