Agent-Based Cloud Computing: A Survey

Cloud computing is widely used in businesses as it increases efficiency, helps improve cash flow and offers many services. Cloud services allow individuals and businesses to use software and hardware that are managed by third parties at remote locations. Intelligent agent is a smart software program that is capable of taking flexible actions in some dynamic environments. A Multi agent system has more than one agent interacting with each other to cooperate, coordinate and negotiate, for solving a particular problem. Utilizing Multi Agent technologies allow clouds to be more flexible and more autonomous. This paper discuss the cloud computing environment and multi agent concept. It attempts to classify research papers in this area showing how agents help cloud through cloud services life cycle. A brief analysis of some research papers in different categories paving the way for open research points in this area.