Indonesian J our nal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science V ol. 40, No. 2, No v ember 2025, pp. 871 882 ISSN: 2502-4752, DOI: 10.11591/ijeecs.v40.i2.pp871-882 871 Fuzzy multi-objecti v e ener gy optimization of w orko w scheduling A y oub Chehla, Mohammed Gabli Department of Computer Science, F aculty of science (FSO), Uni v ersity Mohammed First (UMF), Oujda, Morocco Article Inf o Article history: Recei v ed Feb 2, 2025 Re vised Jul 18, 2025 Accepted Oct 14, 2025 K eyw ords: Dynamic multi-objecti v e Ener gy ef cienc y Fuzzy logic Metaheuristic algorithms Optimization W orko w scheduling ABSTRA CT T ask scheduling is a k e y and challenging problem in cloud computing systems, requiring decisions re g arding resource allocat ion to tasks to optimize a perfor - mance criterion. This problem has required researchers and de v elopers to o v er - come signicant challenges. Our goal in this study aims to minimize both the mak espan and ener gy consumption in cloud computing systems by ef ciently scheduling w orko ws. T o achie v e this, we rst proposed a dynamic multi- objecti v e model, which w as then simplied into a single-objecti v e problem using dynamic weights. Then, we proposed a dynamic genetic algorithm (DGA) and a dynamic particle sw arm optimization algorithm (DPSO) to address the prob- lem. T o deal with the situation where the mak espan is uncertain and not e xact, we present a fuzzy model, treating each v alue as a fuzzy number and we utilize both possibility and necessity metrics. The results are contrasted with the Het- erogeneous earliest nish time (HEFT) algorithm and Considerably lo wered the total ener gy consumption, especially for DGA. Corresponding A uthor: Chehla A youb Department of Computer Science, F aculty of science (FSO), Uni v ersity Mohammed First (UMF) Oujda, Morocco Email: ayoub .chehla@ump.ac.ma 1. INTR ODUCTION T ask scheduling in cloud computing settings has become a subject of signicant academic intere st o wing to the e xponential gro wth in data v olumes and the increasing demand for reduced e x ecution times. This e xplosi v e gro wth of data traf c has forced researchers and de v elopers to propose numerous approaches aimed at handling the comple xities of task scheduling. These methods aim to optimize objecti v es including mak espan, ener gy consumption, or cost. Nonetheless, the essential comple xity and uctuating dynamic nature of cloud en vironments present substantial obstacles to traditional scheduli ng algorithms. In cloud computing, one of the primary challenges is scheduling w orko ws ef ciently while preserving the task dependencies within the w orko w structure. T ask scheduling in cloud refe rs to the process of assigning tasks to a v ailable resources and managing their e x ecution to achie v e optimal p e rformance. This process guarantees the allocation of tasks to the most suitable virtual machines (VMs) or serv ers, depending on f actors lik e resource a v ailability , computational capabilities, and task requirements. The second challenge is minimizing metrics such as mak espan and ener gy consumption. Figure 1 concisely illustrates the generation and processing steps in v olv ed in scientic w orko w applications. Indeed, multiple applications, originating from users , submit comple x reques ts requiring multi- tasking. These requests are modeled as w orko ws. Once generated, the w orko w is sent to the cloud, where it is processed in a distrib uted manner . Processing is handled by dif ferent service centers (SCs), each hosting multiple VMs. J ournal homepage: http://ijeecs.iaescor e .com Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
872 ISSN: 2502-4752 Figure 1. The scheduling of w orko ws in cloud computing Cloud computing denotes the use of computing resources distrib uted across cloud serv ers. Each cloud serv er (CS) hosts a set of m VMs, then, C S = { V 1 , V 2 , . . . , V m } . The VMs operating on a serv er can be heterogeneous, v arying in processing po wer , memory capacity , and storage space. Additionally , each cloud serv er includes a resource manager responsible for storing information about the a v ailable VMs, and creating, allocating, and deleting VMs as needed. T o represent the w orko w model we adopt a directed ac yclic graph (D A G) denoted as G = < T ; E > , where T = { T 1 , . . . , T n } signies the collection of n tas ks in the w orko w . The set E = { c i,j | 1 i n, 1 j n } describes the communication requirements between task T i and T j , and if task T i precedes task T j , then, task T j cannot start e x ecution until task T i has completed its e x ecution. A communication cost is associated with data transfer between tasks. Ho we v er if tw o tasks T i and T j are af fected to the identical machine, the communication cost becomes zero because the data remains on the same machine. In the considered architecture, the time e x ecution of a task primarily relies on runtime and commu- nication time (CT). The runtime (R T) containing the e x ecution times of dif ferent tasks on v arious VMs, and depends on the size of a specic task T i . The R T between task T i and VM V j can be e xpressed by (1). Accord- ingly , the CT is determined by the data size and the bandwidth of the communication channel, as represented by (1). R T ( i,j ) = t size V j (1) C T ( i,j ) = ( 0 if V i = V j D i,j B if V i ̸ = V j , (2) where D ( i,j ) species the v olume of data e xchanged from task T i to T j , and B indicates the communication channel bandwidth between tw o cloud serv ers. Indonesian J Elec Eng & Comp Sci, V ol. 40, No. 2, No v ember 2025: 871–882 Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
Indonesian J Elec Eng & Comp Sci ISSN: 2502-4752 873 Let E S T ( T i , V j ) be the starting time and E F T ( T i , V j ) be nishing time where T i is task assigned to V j . W e dened E S T ( T i , V j ) as follo ws [1]: E S T ( T i , V j ) = max a v ail [ j ] , max T m prd ( T i ) ( E F T ( T m , V j ) + C T m,i ) (3) where avail[j] indicates the moment when VM V j become a v ailable. If another task is st ill running on this machine, T i will need to w ait until V j is free before starting. This f actor ensures that T i does not be gin until the machine is ready . And, prd(T i ) represents the collection of predecessor tasks (T asks that must be completed before launching T i ). If T i has multiple dependencies, the EFT of the predecessor task that nishes last is tak en. On the other hand, E F T ( T i , V j ) can be dened by [1]: E F T ( T i , V j ) = w i,j + EST ( T i , V j ) (4) where w i,j Corresponds to the w orkload (e x ecution time) for task T i on VM V j . MAKESP AN . In w orko w the mak espan is dened as the nish time of the last task ( T exit ) . It is indicated by (5). M = max { E F T ( T e xit , V ) } (5) ENERGY . The system sa v es ener gy via dynamic v oltage and frequenc y scaling. Com plementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) use dynamic and static ener gy . The latter is ignored since dynamic po wer dissipation is the most e xpensi v e and time-consuming [1]. The total ener gy consumption is dened as follo ws (6). E total = K × ( m X j =1 V 2 j × f × t j + V 2 l ow est j × f l ow est j × t idl e ) (6) where K is a dynamic po wer constant. V j is the v oltage pro vided for the j th VM and f is the frequenc y at the V j of same VM. t j is the time for which task is running on VM v j . V l ow est j and f l ow est j are, respecti v ely , the lo west v oltage and lo west frequenc y of the VM v j . Finally , t idl e represents the idle time of v j . Se v eral studies ha v e addressed this issue, and researchers ha v e de v eloped v arious techniques to op t i- mize task e x ecution by parallelizing sub-tasks while maintaining their dependencies. A re vie w of the literature on w orko w scheduli ng highlights tw o main cate gories of approaches based on the number of objecti v es the y address: mono-objecti v e and multi-objecti v e w orko w scheduling. Mono-objecti v e w orko w scheduling focuses on optimizing one metric, such as mak espan, ener gy consumption, or cost. F or instance, Ding et al. [2] the authors optimize ener gy consumption in cloud computing using dynamic task scheduling based on Q-learning. W ang and Zuo [3] to reduce the total time needed for completing tasks in w orko w scheduling, inte grated PSO with idle time slot-a w are rules. Another notable contrib ution, in [4] F arag ardi et al. proposes an algorithm called Gr eedy Resource Pro visioning and modied HEFT , which is designed to reduce the mak espan of a specic w orko w subject to a b udget constraint. W u et al. [5], minimized mak espan by accounting for both computational and communication resources. Additionally , Lu et al. [6] utilized a method multi-hierarch y PSO to reduce total monetary cost by applying an on-demand pricing structure for heterogeneous cloud resources. Mo ving to multi-objecti v e w orko w scheduling, researchers ha v e focus ed on optimizing tw o or three metrics simultaneously , lik e cost and mak espan. F or instance, Zhu et al. [7] a multi-objecti v e e v olutionary opti- mization method w as de v eloped aimed at reduci ng both mak espan and cost. T ang [8] introduced a ne w method kno wn as f ault-tolerant, cost-ef cient w orko w scheduling, which reduces the costs of e x ecuting applications and mak espan while maintaining reliability . Chen et al. [9] introduced a ne w method called multiobjecti v e ant colon y system approach , which focuses on minimizing the w orko w e x ecution time and cost by utilizing co-e v olutionary multiple populations for multiple objecti v es. Furthermore, Iranmanesh and Naji [10] presents a h ybrid GA to reduce both the cost and mak espan, inte grating enhanced genetic operators, adapti v e tness functions, and a load balancing routine. Additional research, such as Jena [11], applied nested PSO to decrease tw o main objecti v es lik e the mak espan and ener gy consumption, though it o v erlook ed resource utilization. Similarly , K umar et al. [12] the authors proposed a ne w approach to minimize the mak espan and ener gy con- sumption systems using PSO. V erma and Kaushal [13] presented a h ybrid multi-objecti v e PSO approach for Fuzzy multi-objective workow sc heduling optimization (Chehla A youb) Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
874 ISSN: 2502-4752 the ef cient scheduling of scientic w orko ws, maximizing resource utilization while minimizing e x ecution time and costs. Zhou et al. [14] used fuzzy dominance sort with HEFT algorithm to e xplore the collaborati v e optimization of mak espan and cost. Durillo and Prodan [15], researchers combined HEFT with other meta- heuristic techniques lik e PSO to impro v e results. Hao et al. [16] proposed a three-objecti v e D A G problem to minimize mak espan, ener gy cost, and maximize re v enue for cloud scheduling syst ems. Similarly , Y uan et al. [17] introduced the IMEAD algorithm to balance re v enue and ener gy costs ef fecti v ely . Another study , detailed in [18], presented a multi-objecti v e GA (MOGA) that considers conicting stak eholder interests while optimizing mak espan, b udget, and ener gy ef cienc y . T o optimize resource utilization, ener gy consumption, and cost while enhancing security , thus beneting both users and service pro viders [19]. Furthermore in [20], Adhikari et al. introduced a strate gy based on the Firey Algorithm ai med at tackling se v eral competing goals, such as w orkload allocation, total completi o n time, resource usage, and dependability . Behera and Sobhanayak [21] presented a no v el h ybrid algorithm that mer ges GA and gre y w olf optimization to reduce three k e y perfor - mance indicators lik e mak espan, ener gy consumption, and computational cost. W u et al. [22] authors propose a multi-objecti v e optimization model for collaborati v e task scheduling across cloud, edge, and end de vices. It focuses on reducing task delay and impro ving load balancing by optimizing serv er allocation, service de- plo yment, caching, and resource allocation. Ab ualig ah et al. [23], introduced an impro v ed syner gistic sw arm optimization algorithm, enhanced with the Jaya approach to minimize mak espan and impro v e load balancing. Although in [24], Zade et al. introduced an modied belug a whale optimization algorithm that incorporates a ring topology to impro v e task scheduling in cloud computing. This approach aims to reduce both mak espan and cost by boosting solution di v ersity and pre v enting early con v er gence. Our goal in this paper is to identify the best solution to the task scheduling problem to decrease tw o main objecti v es: the mak espan and ener gy consumption in the cloud. Our problem is then multi-objecti v e. In order to contrib ute to the impro v ement of e xisting literature, we addressed tw o challenges: (i) The rst is to nd a w ay to f airly opti mize each criterion of the objecti v e function, i.e., not to minimize one criterion (mak espan or ener gy) at the e xpense of the other . (ii) The second is to consider the real situation where the mak espan v aries dynamically due to se v eral f actors and remains not e xact b ut uncertain, see for instance [25]-[27]. T o meet the rst challenge, we introduced a dynamic multi-objecti v e modeling of the problem, by using dynamic and automating the weight selection process, see the ne xt section. Then we de v eloped tw o metaheuristics to solv e it . Concerning the second challenge, and to mak e our model more realistic compared to other studies, we impro v ed it by introducing a fuzzy model which in each mak espan v alue is dened as a fuzzy number . T o achie v e this, we used both possibility and necessity metrics. Finally , we compared our results to those of other algorithms, such as the HEFT algorithm used in [1]. The results found are promising and sho w the rob ustness of our approach. The primary contrib utions of this paper are summarized belo w . A dynamic multi-objecti v e model w as proposed of the problem focusing on reducing both mak espan and ener gy consumption. W e impro v ed our model by using dynamic we ights to ensure that all objecti v es are treated equitably and to automate the choice of weights. W e introduced a fuzzy model considering the uncertain aspect of the mak espan. This mak es our model more realistic. W e proposed tw o dynamic meta-heuristic algorithms to identify a solution to the proposed problem and we compared its by HEFT algorithm. The paper is or g anized into the follo wing sections. In section 2, we introduced a ne w model by reformulating the e xisting one and considering the dynamic and uncertain aspect of our problem. In section 3, we presented our method and described the tw o algorithms de v eloped to address this challenge. In section 4, we presented and discussed the obtained numerical results and compared them with the HEFT algorithm. Section 5 concludes this paper . 2. THE PR OPOSED MODEL Based on the abo v e analyses, this research aims to identify a compromise solution that simultaneously minimizes both the mak espan and ener gy consumption. So, we introduce a binary decision v ariable X i,j between the task T i and the VM V j as follo ws. Indonesian J Elec Eng & Comp Sci, V ol. 40, No. 2, No v ember 2025: 871–882 Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
Indonesian J Elec Eng & Comp Sci ISSN: 2502-4752 875 X i,j = ( 1 if T i is assigned to V j 0 otherwise. (7) In result, we ha v e tw o objecti v es to achie v e, and hence we obtain a multi-objecti v e problem as follo ws. Minimize f 1 ( X ij ) = min M Minimize f 2 ( X ij ) = min E total (8) It is unreasonable to vie w CT as precise b ut uncertain because it v aries due to se v eral f actors, see for instance [25]-[27]. T o address this issue, we present a fuzzy model,which in each communication time C T ij is dened as fuzzy numbers ˜ C T ij with the subsequent membership function: µ ˜ C T ij ( t ) = ( max (0 , 1 C T ij t α ij ) if t < = C T ij max (0 , 1 t C T ij β ij ) if t > C T ij (9) where the cons tants α ij and β ij represent the left-side and right-side spreads of fuzzy numbers, with both being positi v e v alues. The corresponding membership function µ ˜ C T ij presented in Figure 2. Figure 2. Membership function of ˜ C T ij In this st ud y , we use both possibility and necessity metrics. T o determine the mak espan using the possibility measure, we set β ij = 0 for each task i and j . T o accomplish the necessity measure, we set α ij = 0 for each task i and j . F or the process of defuzzication, we apply the center of gra vity method which in v olv es identifying of taking the abscissa corresponding to the center of gra vity of the membership function. After this ne w modeling, the multiobjecti v e problem in 2. becomes: Minimize ˜ f 1 ( X ij ) = min ˜ M Minimize f 2 ( X ij ) = min E total (10) we con v ert this multi-objecti v e problem into a single-objecti v e formulation as follo ws. Minimize f ( X ij ) = Minimize ( ω 1 × ˜ f 1 ( X ij ) + ω 2 × f 2 ( X ij )) (11) Subject to: m X j =1 X ij = 1 , i, 1 i n (12) which means that a task T i should not be assigned to only one VM V j . ω 1 and ω 2 are positi v e weights satisfying 0 ω k 1 , k = 1 , 2 , and ω 1 + ω 2 = 1 . The choic e of ω 1 and ω 2 for the decision mak er is not an easy . Moreo v er , these v alues should be chosen in such a w ay that the optimization of both criteria ( ˜ f 1 and f 2 ) is f air . T o do this, ω 1 and ω 2 should not be considered constant, b ut change dynamically in each iteration (t) of the algorithm as in [28]. Fuzzy multi-objective workow sc heduling optimization (Chehla A youb) Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
876 ISSN: 2502-4752 w 1 ( t + 1) = f 2 ( X t ) ˜ f 1 ( X t ) + f 2 ( X t ) and w 2 ( t + 1) = ˜ f 1 ( X t ) ˜ f 1 ( X t ) + f 2 ( X t ) (13) where t is an iteration of the used algorithm. Consequently , our problem becomes. Minimize f ( X ij ) = Minimize ( ω 1 ( t ) × ˜ f 1 ( X ij ) + ω 2 ( t ) × f 2 ( X ij )) (14) 3. METHOD Let n and m correspond to the total number of tasks and VMs, respecti v ely . T o model our problem in DGA and DPSO, we use an inte ger encoding scheme . W e represented each solution lik e an v ector of n inte gers, where each element’ s v alue ranges from 0 to m . F or instance, in Figure 3, the encoding ‘2021212011‘ indicates that task T 0 is assigned to V M 2 , T 1 is assigned to V M 0 , and we ha v e 3 machines ( V M 0 , V M 1 , and V M 2 ) . Figure 3. Example of solution representation 3.1. Dynamic particle swarm optimization (DPSO) algorithm The DPSO algorithm comprises S particles, where each particle’ s position corresponds to a candidate solution within the search space. The particles update their states based on the equations dened in (15) and (16), respecti v ely . V t +1 i = ( ω V t i ) ( q 1 ( bestP i P t i )) ( q 2 ( bestG P t i )) . (15) P t +1 i = P t i V t +1 i (16) where ω represents the inertia weight, q 1 and q 2 are coef ci ent numbers selected randomly from the interv al [0 , 1] , during each iteration, bestP i denotes the bes t solution identied by the particle x i and bestG corresponds to the best solution identied by all particles. Dene f ( x ) = ω 1 ˜ f 1 ( x ) + ω 2 f 2 ( x ) as the tness function to be optimized and S corresponds to the sw arm size. The main procedures of the proposed DPSO algorithm are presented in Algorithm 1. T o apply the DPSO algorithm to our problem, we proceed as follo ws. Step 1: (Initialize particles) Consider n tasks and m VMs. each particle in the population is encoded as a v ector of n inte gers, where each element in the v ector as randomly selected from de set { 0 , · · · , m } . A population refers to a collection of solutions. Step 2: (Fitness e v aluation) The objecti v e function v alue assigned to each particle is computed using (14). If the particle’ s current objecti v e function v alue is more ef fecti v e than its pre vious personal best (bestP), the actual v alue is assigned as the ne w bestP . Then, the global best solution (bestG) is determined as the particle with the highest tness across the entire population. Step 3: (Update v elocity and position) W e calculate the v elocity of each particle using in (15). F ollo wed by a position update using in (16). Step 4: Dynamically update ω 1 and ω 2 according to (13). Step 5: In this step, we nd bestG. Indonesian J Elec Eng & Comp Sci, V ol. 40, No. 2, No v ember 2025: 871–882 Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
Indonesian J Elec Eng & Comp Sci ISSN: 2502-4752 877 Algorithm 1 DPSO algorithm Initialize Sw arm parameters and S . Initialize Positions and v elocities of all particles. f or each solution i do Set bestP i x i Ev aluate f ( x i ) using (14) end f or while the termination criterion is not met do f or 1 < i < S do Compute v elocity of the particle using Eq.(16), Compute position of the particle using Eq. (15), Ev aluate f ( x i ) of each solution i if f ( x i ) is more ef fecti v e bestP i then bestP i = x i end if if f ( bestP i ) is more ef fecti v e than f ( bestG ) then bestG = bestP i end if end f or Dynamically update ω 1 and ω 2 according to 2.. end while Return the best solution bestG. 3.2. Dynamic genetic algorithm (DGA) The DGA is a metaheuristic that mimics natural e v olution. It w orks with populations composed of se v eral solutions. The populat ion size represents the total number of chromosomes. Each chromosomes is referred to as a solution (indi vidual). Each chromosome has a set of genes. In this paper , we de v eloped a DGA as illustrated in Algorithm 2. Algorithm 2 DGA Algorithm Step 1: Initialize the population with random indi viduals. Step 2: Repeat for a x ed number of generations a. Ev aluate each chromosome’ s tness in the population using (14). b . Select parents for reproduction based on their tness. c. Create a ne w generation applying crosso v er and mutation operators to parents. d. dynamically update ω 1 and ω 2 according to (13) Step 3: Select the best indi vidual from the current population as the nal solution. T o apply the DGA algorithm to our problem, we proceed as follo ws. Codage: we used the representation dened in section 3. Initial population: Consider n tasks and m VMs. Each chromosome in the population is initialized with n randomly generated genes, in which each gene is an inte ger dra wn from the collection { 0 , ..., m } . A population is a collection of solutions. Selection: W e use in this operation the roulette wheel method. Crosso v er: A single-point crosso v er is applied where we determine randomly the crosso v er position. All genes located after this point are sw apped between the tw o parent chromosomes. The crosso v er process is illustrated in Figure 4. Mutation: Once the gene (digit) selected for mutation, its v alue is e xchanged with a number randomly selected from the set { 1 , 2 , ..., m } . The process of mutation operation is demonstrated in Figure 5. W eights: W e dynamically update ω 1 and ω 2 according to (13). Fuzzy multi-objective workow sc heduling optimization (Chehla A youb) Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
878 ISSN: 2502-4752 Figure 4. The crosso v er mechanism Figure 5. The mutation mechanism 4. RESUL TS AND DISCUSSION 4.1. Pr oblem data This part measures the performance of our algorithms by testing them utilizing tw o distinct problem instances. The rst one contains 10 tasks and 3 VMs. The second one contains 30 tasks and 3 VMs. The tw o D A G with communication costs between the nodes distrib uted across three VMs are presented in Figure 6 and Figure 7, respecti v ely . Thus, Figure 6 on the left presents the communication requirements between tasks T i and T j . F or e xample, the v alue 18 between tasks T 0 and T 1 represents the quantity of data to be sent from task T 0 to task T 1 . Figure 6 on the right also presents the computation time matrix between tasks and V M s . F or e xample, task T 0 costs 14 ms if e x ecuted on VM 1 , 16 ms if e x ecuted on VM 2 , and 9 ms if e x ecuted on VM 3 . The same is true for Figure 7 on the left and right, b ut this time for 30 tasks and 3 VMs. Figure 6. First problem instance: D A G with 10 tasks, 3 VMs and a matrix detailing the computation times for each task on the dif ferent VMs Indonesian J Elec Eng & Comp Sci, V ol. 40, No. 2, No v ember 2025: 871–882 Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
Indonesian J Elec Eng & Comp Sci ISSN: 2502-4752 879 Figure 7. Second problem instance: D A G with 30 tasks, 3 VMs and a matrix detailing the computation times for each task on the dif ferent VMs 4.2. Computational r esults As described before, we de v eloped tw o dynamic meta-heuristic algorithms DPSO and DGA to solv e the problem. The parameter v alues of DPSO and DGA ha v e been set as sho wn in T ables 1 and 2, respecti v ely . The number of iterations for each method is iter max = 500 for the rst instance and iter max = 1 , 000 for the second one. The population size is psiz e = 30 for the rst instance and psiz e = 50 for the second one. T able 3 pro vides the v oltage v alues and corresponding frequencies for each VM under cons ideration. F or fuzzy logic we decided to tak e α ij = 0 . 5 and β ij = 0 . 2 for i, j { 0 , 1 , · · · , n } . T able 1. DPSO parameters P arameters V alue w ( ω max (( ω max ω min ) it )) /it max q 1 , q 2 Generated at random Where iter max refers to the total number of iterations, it indicates the current iteration, ω max rep- resents the maximal v alue of of the par ameter ω ( ω max = 0 . 9 ) and ω min refers to the minimal v alue of the parameter ω ( ω min = 0 . 4 ). T able 2. DGA parameters P arameters V alue Description P cr 0.5 Crosso v er operation probability P mut 0.01 Mutati on operation probability T able 3. VM frequenc y and v oltage VM1 VM2 VM3 V oltage (V) 1.1 1.3 1.5 Frequenc y (GHz) 2.0 2.5 3.0 Lo west v oltage (V) 0.7 Lo west frequenc y (GHz) 0.1 Fuzzy multi-objective workow sc heduling optimization (Chehla A youb) Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.
880 ISSN: 2502-4752 W e measured the ef cienc y of our approach by e v aluating it with HEFT algorithm, which is widely recognized in the literature (see [1]). The implementation of all algorithms w as carried out using the Ja v a programming language. The algorithms were implemented in Ja v a and e x ecuted on a system featuring an Intel Core i 5 - 5200 U processor running at 2 . 20 GHz and 8 GB of RAM. 4.3. Discussion 4.3.1. Ev aluation of our rst challenge The rst challenge focuses on reducing the mak espan and minimizing ener gy consumption in the cloud, simultaneously and equitably . In T able 4 we presented the comparison of the three algorithms HEFT , DPSO an DGA for each instance of the problem without using the fuzzy logic approach. The time in the fourth column denotes the e x ecution time (in ms) of each algorithm on our machine. The results sho w that our tw o algorithms, DPSO and DGA, signicantly outperform HEFT in terms of ener gy consumption. In particular , DGA stands out as the most ef cient, consistently reducing ener gy consumption across all tested instances. Although HEFT achie v es a sl ightly lo wer mak espan, the dif ference is minimal, conrming that our approach of fers a suitable balance between e x ecution performance and ener gy ef cienc y . 4.3.2. Ev aluation of the second challenge T o assess the usefulness of the fuzzy approach, we presented the results (i) considering the fuzzy approach and (ii) without considering the fuzzy approach. Thus, T able 5 presented the comparison of DGA performance for the tw o instances of problem with and without using the fuzzy logic approach. In this table, we denoted by Poss DGA the result by DGA when we used possibility measure and by Nec DGA the result by DGA when we used necessity measure. The results sho wed that this approach is suitable for making a more realistic decision. Indeed, in the second case for instance, unlik e the approach without fuzzy logic (i.e. DGA), which sets the mak espan at 321 and the ener gy consumption at 2043 . 54 , the fuzzy logic approach introduced a certain e xibility . It pro vided a range of v alues: the mak espan v aries between 316 and 322 . 99 , and the ener gy consumption between 2043 . 54 and 2049 . 249 , depending on whether an optimistic or pessimistic perspecti v e is adopted in the decision-making process. The same remarks are observ ed for the rst instance. As a result, we observ e that our DGA algorithm performed better in addressing this scheduling problem. It achie v ed the main objecti v e of this paper , namely , optimizing ener gy ef cienc y in cloud computing, with only a slight de gradation of the secondary objecti v e, which is mak espan. Moreo v er , the results obtained through the fuzzy logic approach assisted decision-mak ers in reaching more rele v ant and realistic decisions. In summary , our w ork of fered tw o major contrib utions: A substantial reduction in ener gy consumption compared to traditional approaches such as HEFT . The inte gration of fuzzy logic, enabling more realistic and uncertainty-a w are decision-making. T able 4. Comparison of HEFT , DPSO, and DGA performance for the tw o instances of problem Instance Algorithm Mak espan (ms) Ener gy (J) T ime (ms) First instance HEFT 75 685 0.151 DPSO 88 . 0 657.48 4.43 DGA 88 . 0 657.48 5.832 Second instance HEFT 304 2293 . 36 0.291 DPSO 346 . 0 2161 . 20 4.187 DGA 321 2043.54 6.983 T able 5. Comparison of DGA performance for the tw o instances of problem with and without using the fuzzy logic approach Instance Algorithm Mak espan (ms) Ener gy (J) T ime (ms) First instance DGA 88 . 0 657.48 5.832 Poss DGA 86 . 5 657.48 5.9 Nec DGA 88 . 6 657.48 5.95 Second instance DGA 321 2043.54 6.983 Poss DGA 316 . 0 2049 . 249 7.39 Nec DGA 322 . 99 2043.54 7.983 Indonesian J Elec Eng & Comp Sci, V ol. 40, No. 2, No v ember 2025: 871–882 Evaluation Warning : The document was created with Spire.PDF for Python.