Abstract: Systems and methods for decontaminating a watercraft, the system including a water reservoir; a water heater reservoir fluidly connected to the water reservoir for receiving water therefrom, the water heater reservoir being configured to heat water received therein to a temperature greater than an injection temperature; a mixing valve fluidly connected to the water reservoir and the water heater reservoir, the mixing valve being configured to: receive water from the water reservoir and the water heater reservoir, and output water at approximately the injection temperature; and a connection unit fluidly connected to an outlet of the mixing valve, the connection unit being configured for fluidly connecting to an inlet of an internal water conduit of the watercraft and injecting water therein.

Abstract: A method includes the step of running a set of instances on at least one cloud for a first time interval, each of the instances comprising a bundle of virtualized resources. The method also includes the step of evaluating one or more performance characteristics of each of the instances in the set of instances over the first time interval. The method further includes the step of determining a first subset of the set of instances to maintain for a second time interval and a second subset of the set of instances to terminate for the second time interval responsive to the evaluating step. The steps are performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.