Principles of Software-Defined Elastic Systems for Big Data Analytics

Techniques for big data analytics should support principles of elasticity that are inherent in types of data and data resources being analyzed, computational models and computing units used for analyzing data, and the quality of results expected from the consumer. In this paper, we analyze and present these principles and their consequences for software-defined environments to support data analytics. We will conceptualize software-defined elastic systems for data analytics and present a case study in smart city management, urban mobility and energy systems with our elasticity supports.