Simple auto scaling logic for software scalling

Here in this post i will list sample code(not exact code but more like pseudo code) to explain how auto scaling components works. We can use this logic in scalable load balancers to take decisions based on number of requests. 

required_instances =  request_in_fly / number_of_max_requests_per_instance;

if (required_instances > current_active_instance)
{

    //This need scale up

    if(required_instances < max_allowed)
     {

       spwan_inatances( required_instances - current_active_instance );

       wait_sometime_to_activate_instances();

     }

    else{

     //Cannot handle load

    }
}

else
{

    //This is scale down decision
    if(required_instances > min_allowed)
    {

      terminate_inatances( current_active_instance - required_instances );

      wait_some_time_to_effect_termination();
    }

}