Dynamic resource scaling is a key property of cloud computing. Users can acquire or release required capacity for their applications on-the-fly. The most widely used and practical approach for dynamic scaling based on predefined policies (rules). For example, IaaS providers such as RightScale ask application owners to manually set the scaling rules. This task assumes, ...

A Cyber-Physical System (CPS) is a combination of multiple physical devices connected and organized by a central controlling infrastructure using a feedback-loop mechanism. In order to increase the autonomy of CPS they must be connected to rich cloud services (e.g., social software and elastic resource services) enabling more sophisticated decision making. Traditionally, software agents are ...