Research Area:  Cloud Computing

Abstract:

Cloud Computing is one of the emerging technologies which expand the boundary of internet by using the centralized servers to maintain data and resources.It enables the users and the consumers to use various applications provided by the cloud provider. But one of the major problems in front of this is workflow scheduling. The workflow scheduling is nothing but the scheduling algorithm, which is employed for the purpose of mapping the requests of users to the appropriate resources available.The scheduling of the workflow is typically performed manually by the IT staff.In other words,workflow scheduling is a kind of automation of the workflows,by using any algorithm.In this paper,importance of workflow,its basic reference model and the various existing scheduling algorithms along with their various facets are also tabulated.

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Author(s) Name:  Murli Manohar Sharma and Anju Bala

Publisher name:  Research India Publications

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Volume Information:  Volume 4, Number 10(2014), pp. 997-1002

Paper Link:   http://www.ripublication.com/irph/ijict_spl/ijictv4n10spl_09.pdf