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%%% 1
\bibitem{Vermesan_2018}
\begin{botherref}
\oauthor{\bsnm{Rababah}, \binits{B.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Alam}, \binits{T.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Eskicioglu}, \binits{R.}}:
The next generation internet of things architecture towards distributed
  intelligence: Reviews, applications, and research challenges.
Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering (JTEC)
\textbf{12}(2)
(2020)
\end{botherref}
\endbibitem

%%% 2
\bibitem{Perera_2013}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Perera}, \binits{C.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Zaslavsky}, \binits{A.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Christen}, \binits{P.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Georgakopoulos}, \binits{D.}}:
\batitle{Sensing as a service model for smart cities supported by internet of
  things}.
\bjtitle{Transactions on emerging telecommunications technologies}
\bvolume{25}(\bissue{1}),
\bfpage{81}--\blpage{93}
(\byear{2014})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 3
\bibitem{Vaquero_2014}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Vaquero}, \binits{L.M.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Rodero-Merino}, \binits{L.}}:
\batitle{Finding your way in the fog: Towards a comprehensive definition of fog
  computing}.
\bjtitle{ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review}
\bvolume{44}(\bissue{5}),
\bfpage{27}--\blpage{32}
(\byear{2014})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 4
\bibitem{Gubbi_2013}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Gubbi}, \binits{J.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Buyya}, \binits{R.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Marusic}, \binits{S.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Palaniswami}, \binits{M.}}:
\batitle{Internet of things (iot): A vision, architectural elements, and future
  directions}.
\bjtitle{Future generation computer systems}
\bvolume{29}(\bissue{7}),
\bfpage{1645}--\blpage{1660}
(\byear{2013})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 5
\bibitem{Shekhar_2017}
\begin{bchapter}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Shekhar}, \binits{S.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Gokhale}, \binits{A.}}:
\bctitle{Dynamic resource management across cloud-edge resources for
  performance-sensitive applications}.
In: \bbtitle{2017 17th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and
  Grid Computing (CCGRID)},
pp. \bfpage{707}--\blpage{710}
(\byear{2017}).
\bcomment{IEEE}
\end{bchapter}
\endbibitem

%%% 6
\bibitem{Yousefpour_2019}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Yousefpour}, \binits{A.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Fung}, \binits{C.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Nguyen}, \binits{T.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Kadiyala}, \binits{K.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Jalali}, \binits{F.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Niakanlahiji}, \binits{A.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Kong}, \binits{J.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Jue}, \binits{J.P.}}:
\batitle{All one needs to know about fog computing and related edge computing
  paradigms: A complete survey}.
\bjtitle{Journal of Systems Architecture}
\bvolume{98},
\bfpage{289}--\blpage{330}
(\byear{2019})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 7
\bibitem{elgendy2018efficient}
\begin{botherref}
\oauthor{\bsnm{Elgendy}, \binits{I.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Zhang}, \binits{W.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Liu}, \binits{C.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Hsu}, \binits{C.-H.}}:
An efficient and secured framework for mobile cloud computing.
IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing
(2018)
\end{botherref}
\endbibitem

%%% 8
\bibitem{tyagi2020cloud}
\begin{bchapter}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Tyagi}, \binits{H.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Kumar}, \binits{R.}}:
\bctitle{Cloud computing for iot}.
In: \bbtitle{Internet of Things (IoT)},
pp. \bfpage{25}--\blpage{41}.
\bpublisher{Springer}, \blocation{???}
(\byear{2020})
\end{bchapter}
\endbibitem

%%% 9
\bibitem{Sahni_2017}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Sahni}, \binits{Y.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Cao}, \binits{J.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Zhang}, \binits{S.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Yang}, \binits{L.}}:
\batitle{Edge mesh: A new paradigm to enable distributed intelligence in
  internet of things}.
\bjtitle{IEEE access}
\bvolume{5},
\bfpage{16441}--\blpage{16458}
(\byear{2017})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 10
\bibitem{cong2020survey}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Cong}, \binits{P.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Zhou}, \binits{J.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Li}, \binits{L.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Cao}, \binits{K.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Wei}, \binits{T.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Li}, \binits{K.}}:
\batitle{A survey of hierarchical energy optimization for mobile edge
  computing: A perspective from end devices to the cloud}.
\bjtitle{ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)}
\bvolume{53}(\bissue{2}),
\bfpage{1}--\blpage{44}
(\byear{2020})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 11
\bibitem{elgendy2019resource}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Elgendy}, \binits{I.A.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Zhang}, \binits{W.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Tian}, \binits{Y.-C.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Li}, \binits{K.}}:
\batitle{Resource allocation and computation offloading with data security for
  mobile edge computing}.
\bjtitle{Future Generation Computer Systems}
\bvolume{100},
\bfpage{531}--\blpage{541}
(\byear{2019})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 12
\bibitem{zhang2020secure}
\begin{botherref}
\oauthor{\bsnm{Zhang}, \binits{W.-Z.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Elgendy}, \binits{I.A.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Hammad}, \binits{M.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Iliyasu}, \binits{A.M.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Du}, \binits{X.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Guizani}, \binits{M.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Abd~El-Latif}, \binits{A.A.}}:
Secure and optimized load balancing for multi-tier iot and edge-cloud computing
  systems.
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
(2020)
\end{botherref}
\endbibitem

%%% 13
\bibitem{elgendy2020efficient}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Elgendy}, \binits{I.A.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Zhang}, \binits{W.-Z.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Zeng}, \binits{Y.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{He}, \binits{H.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Tian}, \binits{Y.-C.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Yang}, \binits{Y.}}:
\batitle{Efficient and secure multi-user multi-task computation offloading for
  mobile-edge computing in mobile iot networks}.
\bjtitle{IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management}
\bvolume{17}(\bissue{4}),
\bfpage{2410}--\blpage{2422}
(\byear{2020})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 14
\bibitem{Mahmud_2020}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Mahmud}, \binits{R.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Ramamohanarao}, \binits{K.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Buyya}, \binits{R.}}:
\batitle{Application management in fog computing environments: A taxonomy,
  review and future directions}.
\bjtitle{{ACM} Computing Surveys}
\bvolume{53}(\bissue{4}),
\bfpage{1}--\blpage{43}
(\byear{2020})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 15
\bibitem{Helbig_2016}
\begin{bchapter}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Helbig}, \binits{M.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Deb}, \binits{K.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Engelbrecht}, \binits{A.}}:
\bctitle{Key challenges and future directions of dynamic multi-objective
  optimisation}.
In: \bbtitle{2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC)},
pp. \bfpage{1256}--\blpage{1261}
(\byear{2016}).
\bcomment{IEEE}
\end{bchapter}
\endbibitem

%%% 16
\bibitem{Zhou_2017}
\begin{bchapter}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Zhou}, \binits{D.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Chao}, \binits{F.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Lin}, \binits{C.-M.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Yang}, \binits{L.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Shi}, \binits{M.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Zhou}, \binits{C.}}:
\bctitle{Integration of fuzzy cmac and belc networks for uncertain nonlinear
  system control}.
In: \bbtitle{2017 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE)},
pp. \bfpage{1}--\blpage{6}
(\byear{2017}).
\bcomment{IEEE}
\end{bchapter}
\endbibitem

%%% 17
\bibitem{Abdullah_2013}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Abdullah}, \binits{L.}}:
\batitle{Fuzzy multi criteria decision making and its applications: a brief
  review of category}.
\bjtitle{Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences}
\bvolume{97},
\bfpage{131}--\blpage{136}
(\byear{2013})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 18
\bibitem{Wei_2019}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Wei}, \binits{X.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Tang}, \binits{C.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Fan}, \binits{J.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Subramaniam}, \binits{S.}}:
\batitle{Joint optimization of energy consumption and delay in cloud-to-thing
  continuum}.
\bjtitle{IEEE Internet of Things Journal}
\bvolume{6}(\bissue{2}),
\bfpage{2325}--\blpage{2337}
(\byear{2019})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 19
\bibitem{Yang_2015}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Yang}, \binits{L.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Cao}, \binits{J.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Cheng}, \binits{H.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Ji}, \binits{Y.}}:
\batitle{Multi-user computation partitioning for latency sensitive mobile cloud
  applications}.
\bjtitle{IEEE Transactions on Computers}
\bvolume{64}(\bissue{8}),
\bfpage{2253}--\blpage{2266}
(\byear{2014})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 20
\bibitem{R_Mahmud_2019}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Mahmud}, \binits{R.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Ramamohanarao}, \binits{K.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Buyya}, \binits{R.}}:
\batitle{Latency-aware application module management for fog computing
  environments}.
\bjtitle{ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT)}
\bvolume{19}(\bissue{1}),
\bfpage{1}--\blpage{21}
(\byear{2018})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 21
\bibitem{Mukherjee_2019}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Mukherjee}, \binits{A.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{De}, \binits{D.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Roy}, \binits{D.G.}}:
\batitle{A power and latency aware cloudlet selection strategy for
  multi-cloudlet environment}.
\bjtitle{IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing}
\bvolume{7}(\bissue{1}),
\bfpage{141}--\blpage{154}
(\byear{2016})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 22
\bibitem{Sharma_2019}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Sharma}, \binits{S.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Saini}, \binits{H.}}:
\batitle{A novel four-tier architecture for delay aware scheduling and load
  balancing in fog environment}.
\bjtitle{Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems}
\bvolume{24},
\bfpage{100355}
(\byear{2019})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 23
\bibitem{Xu_2018}
\begin{botherref}
\oauthor{\bsnm{Xu}, \binits{X.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Fu}, \binits{S.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Cai}, \binits{Q.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Tian}, \binits{W.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Liu}, \binits{W.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Dou}, \binits{W.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Sun}, \binits{X.}},
\oauthor{\bsnm{Liu}, \binits{A.X.}}:
Dynamic resource allocation for load balancing in fog environment.
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
\textbf{2018}
(2018)
\end{botherref}
\endbibitem

%%% 24
\bibitem{Yang_2016}
\begin{bchapter}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Yang}, \binits{B.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Chai}, \binits{W.K.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Pavlou}, \binits{G.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Katsaros}, \binits{K.V.}}:
\bctitle{Seamless support of low latency mobile applications with nfv-enabled
  mobile edge-cloud}.
In: \bbtitle{2016 5th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking
  (Cloudnet)},
pp. \bfpage{136}--\blpage{141}
(\byear{2016}).
\bcomment{IEEE}
\end{bchapter}
\endbibitem

%%% 25
\bibitem{Mahmud_2019}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Mahmud}, \binits{R.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Srirama}, \binits{S.N.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Ramamohanarao}, \binits{K.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Buyya}, \binits{R.}}:
\batitle{Quality of experience (qoe)-aware placement of applications in fog
  computing environments}.
\bjtitle{Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing}
\bvolume{132},
\bfpage{190}--\blpage{203}
(\byear{2019})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 26
\bibitem{hajek2013metamathematics}
\begin{bbook}
\bauthor{\bsnm{H{\'a}jek}, \binits{P.}}:
\bbtitle{Metamathematics of Fuzzy Logic}
vol. \bseriesno{4}.
\bpublisher{Springer}, \blocation{???}
(\byear{2013})
\end{bbook}
\endbibitem

%%% 27
\bibitem{Kong_2011}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Kong}, \binits{X.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Lin}, \binits{C.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Jiang}, \binits{Y.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Yan}, \binits{W.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Chu}, \binits{X.}}:
\batitle{Efficient dynamic task scheduling in virtualized data centers with
  fuzzy prediction}.
\bjtitle{Journal of network and Computer Applications}
\bvolume{34}(\bissue{4}),
\bfpage{1068}--\blpage{1077}
(\byear{2011})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 28
\bibitem{Ansari_2014}
\begin{bchapter}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Ansari}, \binits{A.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Bakar}, \binits{A.A.}}:
\bctitle{A comparative study of three artificial intelligence techniques:
  Genetic algorithm, neural network, and fuzzy logic, on scheduling problem}.
In: \bbtitle{2014 4th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence with
  Applications in Engineering and Technology},
pp. \bfpage{31}--\blpage{36}
(\byear{2014}).
\bcomment{IEEE}
\end{bchapter}
\endbibitem

%%% 29
\bibitem{Jiang_2019}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Jiang}, \binits{C.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Cheng}, \binits{X.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Gao}, \binits{H.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Zhou}, \binits{X.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Wan}, \binits{J.}}:
\batitle{Toward computation offloading in edge computing: A survey}.
\bjtitle{IEEE Access}
\bvolume{7},
\bfpage{131543}--\blpage{131558}
(\byear{2019})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 30
\bibitem{Mach_2017}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Mach}, \binits{P.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Becvar}, \binits{Z.}}:
\batitle{Mobile edge computing: A survey on architecture and computation
  offloading}.
\bjtitle{IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials}
\bvolume{19}(\bissue{3}),
\bfpage{1628}--\blpage{1656}
(\byear{2017})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 31
\bibitem{Lyu_2018}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Lyu}, \binits{X.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Tian}, \binits{H.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Jiang}, \binits{L.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Vinel}, \binits{A.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Maharjan}, \binits{S.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Gjessing}, \binits{S.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Zhang}, \binits{Y.}}:
\batitle{Selective offloading in mobile edge computing for the green internet
  of things}.
\bjtitle{IEEE Network}
\bvolume{32}(\bissue{1}),
\bfpage{54}--\blpage{60}
(\byear{2018})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 32
\bibitem{Thinh_2017}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Dinh}, \binits{T.Q.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Tang}, \binits{J.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{La}, \binits{Q.D.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Quek}, \binits{T.Q.}}:
\batitle{Offloading in mobile edge computing: Task allocation and computational
  frequency scaling}.
\bjtitle{IEEE Transactions on Communications}
\bvolume{65}(\bissue{8}),
\bfpage{3571}--\blpage{3584}
(\byear{2017})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 33
\bibitem{Flores_2017}
\begin{bchapter}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Flores}, \binits{H.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Su}, \binits{X.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Kostakos}, \binits{V.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Ding}, \binits{A.Y.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Nurmi}, \binits{P.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Tarkoma}, \binits{S.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Hui}, \binits{P.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Li}, \binits{Y.}}:
\bctitle{Large-scale offloading in the internet of things}.
In: \bbtitle{2017 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and
  Communications Workshops (PerCom Workshops)},
pp. \bfpage{479}--\blpage{484}
(\byear{2017}).
\bcomment{IEEE}
\end{bchapter}
\endbibitem

%%% 34
\bibitem{Samie_2016}
\begin{bchapter}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Samie}, \binits{F.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Tsoutsouras}, \binits{V.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Bauer}, \binits{L.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Xydis}, \binits{S.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Soudris}, \binits{D.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Henkel}, \binits{J.}}:
\bctitle{Computation offloading and resource allocation for low-power iot edge
  devices}.
In: \bbtitle{2016 IEEE 3rd World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT)},
pp. \bfpage{7}--\blpage{12}
(\byear{2016}).
\bcomment{IEEE}
\end{bchapter}
\endbibitem

%%% 35
\bibitem{Wang_2017}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Wang}, \binits{S.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Zafer}, \binits{M.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Leung}, \binits{K.K.}}:
\batitle{Online placement of multi-component applications in edge computing
  environments}.
\bjtitle{IEEE Access}
\bvolume{5},
\bfpage{2514}--\blpage{2533}
(\byear{2017})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 36
\bibitem{Rodrigues_2017}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Rodrigues}, \binits{T.G.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Suto}, \binits{K.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Nishiyama}, \binits{H.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Kato}, \binits{N.}}:
\batitle{Hybrid method for minimizing service delay in edge cloud computing
  through vm migration and transmission power control}.
\bjtitle{IEEE Transactions on Computers}
\bvolume{66}(\bissue{5}),
\bfpage{810}--\blpage{819}
(\byear{2016})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 37
\bibitem{Deng_2016}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Deng}, \binits{R.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Lu}, \binits{R.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Lai}, \binits{C.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Luan}, \binits{T.H.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Liang}, \binits{H.}}:
\batitle{Optimal workload allocation in fog-cloud computing toward balanced
  delay and power consumption}.
\bjtitle{IEEE internet of things journal}
\bvolume{3}(\bissue{6}),
\bfpage{1171}--\blpage{1181}
(\byear{2016})
\end{barticle}
\endbibitem

%%% 38
\bibitem{Zeng_2016}
\begin{barticle}
\bauthor{\bsnm{Zeng}, \binits{D.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Gu}, \binits{L.}},
\bauthor{\bsnm{Guo}, \binits{S.}},
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