12 research outputs found

    Intercloud Architecture Framework for Heterogeneous Cloud Based Infrastructure Services Provisioning On-Demand

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    Abstract—This paper presents on-going research to develop the Intercloud Architecture Framework (ICAF) that addresses problems in multi-provider multi-domain heterogeneous cloud based infrastructure services and applications integration and interoperability, to allow their on-demand provisioning. The paper refers to existing standards and ongoing standardisation activity in Cloud Computing, in particular, recently published NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture (CCRA) and ITU-T JCA-Cloud activity. The proposed ICAF defines four complementary components addressing Intercloud integration and interoperability: multi-layer Cloud Services Model that combines commonly adopted cloud service models, such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, in one multilayer model with corresponding inter-layer interfaces; Intercloud Control and Management Plane that supports cloud based applications interaction

    Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

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    This study aimed to describe the change in surgical practice and the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on mortality after surgical resection of colorectal cancer during the initial phases of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

    Quantifying inherent safety of chemical process routes

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    Development of test procedures for improving occupant protection in side impacts

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    Optimal allocation of virtual optical networks for the future internet

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    Optical network infrastructures can be partitioned into multiple parallel, dedicated virtual networks for a physical infrastructure sharing purpose. However, different transport technologies may impact in both the amount and the characteristics of the different virtual instances that can be built on top of a single physical infrastructure. To analyse the impact of the transport technology in this regard, we present exact Integer Linear Programming (ILP) formulations that address the off-line problem of optimally allocate a set of virtual networks in two kind of substrates: wavelength switching and spectrum switching. Both formulations serve the purpose to provide opaque transport services from the virtual network point of view, where electronic terminations are assumed in the virtual network nodes. We carry out a series of experiments to validate the presented formulations and determine which is the impact of both substrates in the number of virtual networks that can be optimally allocated in the transport network
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