Multiobjective Resource Allocation for Cloud-Edge–Terminal Collaboration

This article proposes a cloud-edge–terminal collaborative resource allocation architecture that efficiently allocates resources. Traditional resource allocation often focuses solely on optimizing delay and service cost, making it less suitable for intensive real-world scenarios. In response, a comprehensive multiobjective resource allocation model is developed, encompassing delay, service cost, load balancing, and resource utilization. This article proposes a diversity-filling large-scale multiobjective evolutionary algorithm based on generative adversarial networks (DFGAN-LSMOEA). The Otsu-based grouping method in DFGAN-LSMOEA is employed to group decision variables and improve optimization performance. Compared with state-of-the-art algorithms, the proposed method validates its effectiveness and advantages in the applications, particularly when handling high-dimensional decision variables and dynamic demands.