Optimal path strategy for the web computing under deep reinforcement learning
International Journal of Web Information Systems
ISSN: 1744-0084
Article publication date: 29 October 2020
Issue publication date: 9 November 2020
Abstract
Purpose
With the advent of the web computing era, the transmission mode of the Internet of Everything has caused an explosion in data volume, which has brought severe challenges to traditional routing protocols. The limitations of the existing routing protocols under the condition of rapid data growth are elaborated, and the routing problem is remodeled as a Markov decision process. this paper aims to solve the problem of high blocking probability due to the increase in data volume by combining deep reinforcement learning. Finally, the correctness of the proposed algorithm in this paper is verified by simulation.
Design/methodology/approach
The limitations of the existing routing protocols under the condition of rapid data growth are elaborated and the routing problem is remodeled as a Markov decision process. Based on this, a deep reinforcement learning method is used to select the next-hop router for each data transmission task, thereby minimizing the length of the data transmission path while avoiding data congestion.
Findings
Simulation results show that the proposed method can significantly reduce the probability of data congestion and increase network throughput.
Originality/value
This paper proposes an intelligent routing algorithm for the network congestion caused by the explosive growth of data volume in the future of the big data era. With the help of deep reinforcement learning, it is possible to dynamically select the transmission jump router according to the current network state, thereby reducing the probability of congestion and improving network throughput.
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Citation
Shengdong, M., Fengyu, W., Zhengxian, X., Xiao, Z. and Lunfeng, Z. (2020), "Optimal path strategy for the web computing under deep reinforcement learning", International Journal of Web Information Systems, Vol. 16 No. 5, pp. 529-544. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWIS-08-2020-0055
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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