Cloud Computing and Services Science 8th International Conference, CLOSER 2018, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, March 19-21, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

The 11 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 94 submissions. CLOSER 2018 is focused on the emerging area of Cloud Computing, inspired by some latest advances that concern the infrastructure, operations and available services throughout the global network.

CELA: Cost-E?cient, Location-aware VM and Data Placement in Geo-distributed DCs.- Will Cloud Gain an Edge, or, CLOSER, to the Edge.- Model-based Generation of Self-adaptive Cloud Services.- A Record/Replay Debugger for Service Development on the Cloud.- Smart Connected Digital Factories: Unleashing the Power of Industry 4.0*.- Interoperability between SaaS and Data Layers: Enhancing the MIDAS Middleware.- Continuous Architecting with Microservices and DevOps: A Systematic Mapping Study.- Towards Pricing-aware Consolidation Methods for Cloud Datacenters.- Optimising QoS-assurance, Resource Usage and Cost of Fog Application Deployments.- Right Scaling for Right Pricing: A Case Study on Total Cost of Ownership Measurement for Cloud Migration.- Malicious Behavior Classi?cation in PaaS.