Provably Efficient Resource Allocation for Edge Service Entities Using Hermes

Virtualization techniques help edge environments separate the role of the traditional edge providers into two: edge infrastructure providers (EIPs), who manage the physical edge infrastructure, and edge service providers (ESPs), who aggregate resources (especially, compute resources) from multiple EIPs to place service entities and offer value-added services to end users (EUs). In such an environment, end users submit their data analysis jobs to...