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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-information-and-optimization-sciences</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0103</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0252-2667</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JIOS-1455</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Enhancing Quality of Service (QoS) and minimizing application placement delay in cloud-fog nodes through meta-heuristic algorithms</article-title>
      </title-group>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name>
            <surname>Ahmed</surname>
            <given-names>Y. Nasir</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Applications, B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600048, India</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Mohideen</surname>
            <given-names>S. Pakkir</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Applications, B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600048, India</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Pasha</surname>
            <given-names>Mohammad</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Information Technology, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500034, India</aff>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>44</volume>
      <issue>6</issue>
      <fpage>1167</fpage>
      <lpage>1177</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>11</day>
        <month>11</month>
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <abstract>
        <p>Efficient module placement in Cloud-Fog computing enhances QoS and minimizes delay. Binary Particle Swarm Optimization (BPSO) and Binary Bat Algorithm (BBA), effective meta-heuristic algorithms, address dynamic fog complexities. This study models placement as binary optimization, incorporating resource availability and latency. BPSO and BBA optimize module placement, demonstrated through simulations improving response time, throughput, and resource utilization. These meta-heuristic methods surpass traditional techniques, optimizing cloud-fog systems, achieving superior QoS, and reduced delay.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>QoS improvement</kwd>
        <kwd>Delay minimization</kwd>
        <kwd>application module placement</kwd>
        <kwd>Cloud-Fog nodes</kwd>
        <kwd>Meta-heuristic algorithms</kwd>
        <kwd>BPSO</kwd>
        <kwd>BBA</kwd>
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