Intelligent Resource Management in Intercloud, Fog, and Edge: Tutorial and New Directions

Abstract

This paper 1) constructs a cloud intelligence model that specifies the desirable intelligent properties of cloud agents, 2) provides a tutorial on agent-based cloud, fog, and edge resource management, and 3) paves the way for designing intelligent interclouds, fogs, and edges. An intelligent intercloud is a “cloud of clouds” populated by a society of agents that automates intercloud resource management activities. By contributing a tutorial on agent-based cloud resource management techniques, this paper provides researchers with the foundational knowledge for devising intelligent intercloud resource management techniques. By contributing an architectural blueprint, and suggesting and comparing different intelligent resource management techniques, this paper provides an overall design together with pointers to and guidelines for constructing the components of an intelligent intercloud. This paper describes a proof-of-concept prototype of an intelligent intercloud and provides an application example of the prototype. The need of IoT devices for reduced response time triggered technological advancements towards fog and edge computing. By providing a tutorial on agent-based fog and edge resource management techniques, this paper provides researchers with the foundational knowledge for devising intelligent fog and edge agents. Relevant techniques are also suggested for improving and optimizing the performances of future intercloud, fog, and edge agents.