An Analytical Framework of a Deployment Strategy for Cloud Computing Services: A Case Study of Academic Websites

Table 11

Parameters of the request arrival process.

Parameter	Description
Pr(𝑘)	Probability for a number of requests arriving in a cycle 𝑡
𝜆 (request/min)	Average request arrival rate
𝑡 (min)	Request cycle time
𝑘 (requests)	Number of arriving requests per current cycle time