An Improved Bat Algorithm With Time-Varying Wavelet Perturbations for Cloud Computing Resources Scheduling

Resources scheduling is a major challenge in cloud computing because of its ability to provide many on-demand information technology services according to needs of customers. In order to acquire the best balance between speed of operation, average response time, and integrated system utilization in the resource allocation process in cloud computing, an improved bat algorithm with time-varying wavelet perturbations was proposed. The algorithm provided a perturbation strategy of time-varying Morlet wavelet with the waving property to prevent from local optimum greatly and improve the converging speed and accuracy through the guide of individual distribution to control diversity and time-varying coefficient of wavelets. The experiments showed the proposed could significantly upgrade the overall performance and the capability of resource scheduling in cloud service compared to similar algorithms.