Heterogeneous Edge Service Deployment for Cyber Physical Social Intelligence in Internet of Vehicles

Cyber Physical Social Intelligence (CPSI) integrates the social intelligence and cyber-physical systems, enabling machines to better interact and respond to human social behaviors. Under CPSI, the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) has given rise to an increasing number of latency-sensitive services. Edge computing, as a distributed computing paradigm, enhances data processing capabilities, reduces data transmission latency, and minimizes bandwidth consumption. However, due to the limited resources of edge servers, striking a balance between service latency and deployment costs remains a highly challenging issue in the process of service deployment. In this paper, we propose a heterogeneous edge service deployment method for CPSI in IoV. Firstly, considering the heterogeneity of IoV services and edge servers, communication model, computational model, and heterogeneous service deployment cost model are constructed. Secondly, to maximize service deployment efficiency and minimize communication latency, a distance and workload-based edge server cluster division method is proposed. Subsequently, heterogeneous service deployment is performed in different clusters based on service category prioritization and minimal deployment quantity prioritization principles. Furthermore, an Analytic hierarchy process-based Heterogeneous edge Service dePloyment algorithm for CPSI in IoV, named AHSP, has been designed to determine optimal service deployment strategies. Finally, extensive numerical experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of AHSP.