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Distributed dataflow systems enable data-parallel processing of large datasets on clusters. Public cloud providers offer a large variety and quantity of resources that can be used for such clusters. Yet, selecting appropriate cloud…
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This work proposes a new resource allocation optimization framework for cellular networks using "fog" or neighborhood-based optimization rather than fully centralized or fully decentralized methods. In neighborhood-based optimization…
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