@article{MAKHILLAJIT201615186391,
    title = {Efficient Negotiation of SLA Parameters in Cloud Computing Environment},
    journal = {Asian Journal of Information Technology},
    volume = {15},
    number = {18},
    pages = {3587-3597},
    year = {2016},
    issn = {1682-3915},
    doi = {ajit.2016.3587.3597},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1682-3915&doi=ajit.2016.3587.3597},
    author = {S. and},
    keywords = {Service level agreement,automated negotiation,concession,trade-off,opponent},
    abstract = {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.}
    }