Optimal scheduling of workflows in cloud computing environments is an essential element to
maximize the utilization of Virtual Machines (VMs). In practice, scheduling of dependent …

Abstract The island Cuckoo Search (i CSPM) algorithm is a variation of Cuckoo Search that
uses the island model and highly disruptive polynomial mutation to solve optimization …

The goal of this tutorial is to expose participants to the current research on social
recommender systems (ie, recommender systems for the social web). Participants will …

The optimization-based scheduling algorithms used for scheduling workflows in cloud
computing environments may easily get trapped in local optima, especially in the beginning …

Abstract The Salp Swarm Algorithm (SSA) is an effective single-objective optimization
algorithm that was inspired by the navigating and foraging behaviors of salps in their natural …

Abstract The Permutation Flow Shop Scheduling Problem (PFSSP) is an interesting
scheduling problem that has many real-world applications. It has been widely used as a …

Online social networks (OSNs) are receiving great attention from the research community for
different purposes, such as event detection, crisis management, and forecasting, among …

Microblogs data is the microlength user-generated data that is posted on the web, eg,
tweets, online reviews, comments on news and social media. It has gained considerable …

Millions of conversations are generated every day on social media platforms. With limited
attention, it is challenging for users to select which discussions they would like to participate …

With the huge amount of information available in online social networks and the increasing
spread of user generated data in different forms, personal recommendation systems …