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An effective auto-scaling framework is essential for microservices to ensure performance stability and resource efficiency under dynamic workloads. As revealed by many prior studies, the key to efficient auto-scaling lies in accurately…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Qin Hua , Dingyu Yang , Shiyou Qian , Jian Cao , Guangtao Xue , Minglu Li

Context: Microservices Architecture (MSA) has received significant attention in the software industry. However, little empirical evidence exists on design, monitoring, and testing of microservices systems. Objective: This research aims to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-08-24 Muhammad Waseem , Peng Liang , Mojtaba Shahin , Amleto Di Salle , Gastón Márquez

Serverless computing is transforming cloud application development, but the performance-cost trade-offs of control plane designs remain poorly understood due to a lack of open, cross-platform benchmarks and detailed system analyses. In this…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-09-04 Leonid Kondrashov , Boxi Zhou , Hancheng Wang , Dmitrii Ustiugov

The rise of microservice architectures has revolutionized application design, fostering adaptability and resilience. These architectures facilitate scaling and encourage collaborative efforts among specialized teams, streamlining deployment…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Herve Mbikayi Kabamba , Matthew Khouzam , Michel Dagenais

Microservice system solutions are driving digital transformation; however, fundamental tools and system perspectives are missing to better observe, understand, and manage these systems, their properties, and their dependencies.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Tomas Cerny , Amr S. Abdelfattah , Vincent Bushong , Abdullah Al Maruf , Davide Taibi

Many small to large organizations have adopted the Microservices Architecture (MSA) style to develop and deliver their core businesses. Despite the popularity of MSA in the software industry, there is a limited evidence-based and thorough…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-20 Muhammad Waseem , Peng Liang , Aakash Ahmad , Arif Ali Khan , Mojtaba Shahin , Pekka Abrahamsson , Ali Rezaei Nasab , Tommi Mikkonen

Cloud-native architectures are often based on microservices and combine different aspects that aim to leverage the capabilities of cloud platforms for software development. Cloud-native architectural characteristics like patterns and best…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-09-28 Robin Lichtenthäler , Jonas Fritzsch , Guido Wirtz

Autoscaling system can reconfigure cloud-based services and applications, through various configurations of cloud software and provisions of hardware resources, to adapt to the changing environment at runtime. Such a behavior offers the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-04-26 Tao Chen , Rami Bahsoon , Xin Yao

Autoscaling is a critical component for efficient resource utilization with satisfactory quality of service (QoS) in cloud computing. This paper investigates proactive autoscaling for widely-used scaling-per-query applications where scaling…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-04-20 Huajie Qian , Qingsong Wen , Liang Sun , Jing Gu , Qiulin Niu , Zhimin Tang

Microservices architecture has started a new trend for application development for a number of reasons: (1) to reduce complexity by using tiny services; (2) to scale, remove and deploy parts of the system easily; (3) to improve flexibility…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Marcelo Amaral , Jordà Polo , David Carrera , Iqbal Mohomed , Merve Unuvar , Malgorzata Steinder

Microservice-based cloud applications face changing workloads, evolving request paths, variable network conditions, interference, and failures. These dynamics couple autoscaling, placement, routing, isolation, and remediation. The survey…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Ming Chen , Muhammed Tawfiqul Islam , Maria Rodriguez Read , Rajkumar Buyya

Connecting vehicles to cloud platforms has enabled innovative business scenarios while raising new quality concerns, such as reliability and scalability, which must be addressed by research. Cloud-native architectures based on microservices…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-10-24 Ahmad Banijamali , Pooyan Jamshidi , Pasi Kuvaja , Markku Oivo

Microservices architecture offers various benefits, including granularity, flexibility, and scalability. A crucial feature of this architecture is the ability to autoscale microservices, i.e., adjust the number of replicas and/or manage…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-03-15 João Paulo Karol Santos Nunes , Shiva Nejati , Mehrdad Sabetzadeh , Elisa Yumi Nakagawa

This early work aims to allow organizations to diagnose their capacity to properly adopt microservices through initial milestones of a Microservice Maturity Model (MiMMo). The objective is to prepare the way towards a general framework to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-06-01 Jean-Philippe Gouigoux , Dalila Tamzalit , Joost Noppen

This study investigates the impact of software design model capabilities and data structure algorithm abilities on microservices architecture design within enterprises. Utilizing a qualitative methodology, the research involved in-depth…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-08 Jun Cui

Microservices fuel cloud-native systems with small service sets developed and deployed independently. The independent nature of this modular architecture also leads to challenges and gaps. The intended system design might deviate far from…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-05-18 Tomas Cerny , Davide Taibi

Software modernisation through the migration from monolithic architectures to microservices has become increasingly critical, yet identifying effective service boundaries remains a complex and unresolved challenge. Although numerous…

Cloud applications are moving away from monolithic model towards loosely-coupled microservices designs. Service meshes are widely used for implementing microservices applications mainly because they provide a modular architecture for modern…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-10-19 Prateek Sahu , Lucy Zheng , Marco Bueso , Shijia Wei , Neeraja J. Yadwadkar , Mohit Tiwari

AIOps algorithms play a crucial role in the maintenance of microservice systems. Many previous benchmarks' performance leaderboard provides valuable guidance for selecting appropriate algorithms. However, existing AIOps benchmarks mainly…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-23 Yongqian Sun , Jiaju Wang , Zhengdan Li , Xiaohui Nie , Minghua Ma , Shenglin Zhang , Yuhe Ji , Lu Zhang , Wen Long , Hengmao Chen , Yongnan Luo , Dan Pei

The microservices architectural style offers many advantages such as scalability, reusability and ease of maintainability. As such microservices has become a common architectural choice when developing new applications. Hence, to benefit…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Khaled Sellami , Mohamed Aymen Saied , Ali Ouni