Systematic Review: Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) based Load Balancing for Cloud Computing

In this modern era cloud computing and widespread use of it have led to a massive spike in users' requests. The infrastructure's resources would either not be able to handle the increased volume of traffic or the scenario would lead to some resources being over or underutilized. Due to the unpredictable spike in traffic the system’s performance eventually grades. An optimal load distribution is therefore the area of concern for controlling traffic so that all available resources are fully used if possible in order to increase system efficiency. Static, heuristics-based, traditional dynamic and metaheuristic-based algorithms are ways that have been used for effective load balancing. The issue is challenging since there isn't a single best fit approach. The objective of this systematic review is to study the utilization of Particle Swarm Optimization method along with its proposed variations to distribute the incoming traffic evenly with efficient resource utilization.