TY - JOUR T1 - Efficient Negotiation of SLA Parameters in Cloud Computing Environment AU - Usha Kiruthika, S. AU - Selvi, S. Thamarai JO - Asian Journal of Information Technology VL - 15 IS - 18 SP - 3587 EP - 3597 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1682-3915 DO - ajit.2016.3587.3597 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2016.3587.3597 KW - Service level agreement KW -automated negotiation KW -concession KW -trade-off KW -opponent AB - Cloud computing has enabled a pay-per-use model where anything is available anywhere as a service. While service provisioning requires no manual intervention the automated establishment of Service Level Agreement (SLA) which determines the Quality-of-Service (QoS) is still a challenge. This is mainly because of the complex decision making involved in automated negotiation of QoS parameters. Automated negotiation involves two or more self-interested agents negotiating with each other to agree upon a set of QoS parameters. The success of an automated negotiation system lies in the negotiation strategy that an agent adopts to generate counter-offers. In this research, we propose the architecture of an SLA management system. We analyze the properties of linear utility functions and propose an algorithm for generation of counter-offers that are more acceptable to the opponent. ER -