Grid is a service for sharing computing power and data storage capacity over the Internet. The grid systems outperform simple communication between computers and aims ultimately to…
A grand challenge problem (Wah, 1993) refers to a computing problem that cannot be solved in a reasonable amount of time with conventional computers. While grand challenge problems…
The goal in writing this book is to share the knowledge I have acquired as a software engineer in the new and exciting field of grid computing. I have been lucky to participate in…
The book establishes and reviews some of the relations of the Riemannian geometry for the purpose of obtaining new equations with implemented metric characteristics aimed at facili…
Autonomic management is increasingly attracting attention as a means of handling the non-functional aspects of grid applications. Several research groups are investigating various…
This paper describes the XMAP data integration framework and query refor mulation algorithm, provides insights into the performance of the algorithm, and about its use in implemen…
Book by Sergei Gorlatch, Paraskevi Fragopoulou, Thierry Priol, 1 file
gCube Information Retrieval Engine differentiates from federated search. Data and services are scattered over the infrastructure instead of being contained in conï¬Âned sub-sect…
In this presentation, a short outline of the history of past and present Grid projects in research and industry is given, followed by some near- and long-term Grid scenarios and vi…
Book by RAJKUMAR BUYYA, PhD, KRIS BUBENDORFER, PhD, 1 file
The growing popularity of the Internet and Web, and the availability of powerful computers and high-speed networks as low-cost commodity components, are changing the manner in whic…
Despite its global success and acceptance as a standard mean for publishing and exchange of digital information, the World Wide Web technology does not enable ubiquitous access to…
Abstract The grid technology provides great support for diverse scientific applications, offering them access to a virtually unlimited computing and storage resource pool. In the m…
This book is dedicated to my parents, who instilled in their children the importance of hard work, honesty, education, and dedication to family and friends, for making any sacriï…
Several Grid projects have been established that deploy a “first generation Grid”. In order to categorise existing projects in Europe, we have developed a taxonomy and applied it…
This chapter contains a survey of the most popular techniques for medical image segmentation that have been gaining attention of the researchers and medical practitioners since the…
This volume contains a collection of papers written by persons from scientific and engineering fields, many of whom attended several Advanced Research Workshops in Cetraro, Italy.