A Pricing Mechanism for Resource Management in Grid Computing

Abstract

We consider the problem of efficient resource allocation in a grid computing environment. Grid computing is an emerging paradigm that allows the sharing of a large number of a heterogeneous set of resources. We propose an auction mechanism for decentralized resource allocation. The problem is modeled as a multistage stochastic programming problem. Convergence of the auction allocations to the social optimum is established. Numerical experiments illustrate the efficacy of the method.