This paper proposes the first secure and distributed data discovery and dissemination protocol named DiDrip. It allows the network owners to authorize multiple network users with different privileges to simultaneously and directly disseminate data items to the sensor nodes. Moreover, as demonstrated by our theoretical analysis, it addresses a number of possible security vulnerabilities that […]
DYNAMIC RESOURCE PRICING AND COMPETITION AMONG CLOUD PROVIDERS
The competition among providers leads to the dynamics of cloud resource pricing. Modelling this competition involves the description of the user’s choice behaviour and the formulation of the dynamic pricing strategies of providers to adapt to the market state. Cloud providers may cooperate with each other to improve their final revenue. Based on a Service […]