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Grid Computing

Achievements and Prospects

  • Covers all aspects of Grid Computing
  • Main focus is on query processing over the grid: the role of workflow management
  • CoreGRID brings together a critical mass of well-established researchers from forty-two institutions active in the fields of distributed systems and middleware, programming models, algorithms, tools and environments
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Query Processing Over The Grid: The Role Of Workflow Management

    • Evangelos Floros, George Kakaletris, Paul Polydoras, Yannis Ioannidis
    Pages 1-12
  3. From Orc Models To Distributed Grid Java Code

    • Marco Aldinucci, Marco Danelutto, Peter Kilpatrick, Patrizio Dazzi
    Pages 13-24
  4. Using Cliques Of Nodes To Store Desktop Grid Checkpoints

    • Filipe Araujo, Patricio Domingues, Derrick Kondo, Luis Moura Silva
    Pages 25-36
  5. EDGeS: The Common Boundary Between Service And Desktop Grids

    • Zoltan Balaton, Zoltan Farkas, Gabor Gombas, Peter Kacsuk, Robert Lovas, Attila Csaba Marosi et al.
    Pages 37-48
  6. P2P-based Job Assignment For Public Resource Computing

    • Daniela Barbalace, Pasquale Cozza, Carlo Mastroianni, Domenico Talia
    Pages 49-60
  7. Estimating The Size Of Peer-To-Peer Networks Using Lambert's W Function

    • Javier Bustos-Jimenez, Nicolas Bersano, Satu Elisa Schaeffer, Jose Miguel Piquer, Alexandru Iosup, Augusto Ciuffoletti
    Pages 61-72
  8. Comparative Evaluation Of The Robustness Of DAG Scheduling Heuristics

    • Louis-Claude Canon, Emmanuel Jeannot, Rizos Sakellariou, Wei Zheng
    Pages 73-84
  9. Prototype Implementation Of A Demand Driven Network Monitoring Architecture

    • Augusto Ciuffoletti, Yari Marchetti, Antonis Papadogiannakis, Michalis Polychronakis
    Pages 85-96
  10. A Scalable Architecture For Discovery And Planning In P2P Service Networks

    • Agostino Forestiero, Carlo Mastroianni, Harris Papadakis, Paraskevi Fragopoulou, Alberto Troisi, Eugenio Zimeo
    Pages 97-108
  11. Performance Visualization Of Grid Applications Based On OCM-G And Paraver

    • Wlodzimierz Funika, Maciej Zientarski, Rosa M. Badia, Jesús Labarta, Marian Bubak
    Pages 109-120
  12. Analysing Orchestrations Using Risk Profiles And Angel-Daemon Games

    • Joaquim Gabarró, Alina García, Maria Serna, Peter Kilpatrick, Alan Stewart
    Pages 121-132
  13. Towards Coordinated Data Management For High-Performance Distributed Multimedia Content Analysis

    • Pierpaolo Giacomin, Alessandro Bassi, Frank J. Seinstra, Thilo Kielmann
    Pages 133-145
  14. Towards A Standards-Based Grid Scheduling Architecture

    • Christian Grimme, Joachim Lepping, Alexander Papaspyrou, Philipp Wieder, Ramin Yahyapour, Ariel Oleksiak et al.
    Pages 147-158
  15. Dynamic Service-Based Integration Of Mobile Clusters In Grids

    • Stavros Isaiadis, Vladimir Getov, Ian Kelley, Ian Taylor
    Pages 159-171
  16. Comparison Of Multi-Criteria Scheduling Techniques

    • Dalibor Klusáček, Hana Rudová, Ranieri Baraglia, Marco Pasquali, Gabriele Capannini
    Pages 173-184
  17. Comparison Of Centralized And Decentralized Scheduling Algorithms Using GSSIM Simulation Environment

    • Marcin Krystek, Krzysztof Kurowski, Ariel Oleksiak, Krzysztof Rzadca
    Pages 185-196
  18. A Data-Centric Security Analysis Of ICGrid

    • Jesus Luna, Michail Flouris, Manolis Marazakis, Angelos Bilas, Marios D. Dikaiakos, Harald Gjermundrod et al.
    Pages 197-208
  19. A Framework For Resource Availability Characterization And Online Prediction In The Grids

    • Farrukh Nadeem, Radu Prodan, Thomas Fahringer, Alexandru Iosup
    Pages 209-224
  20. A Grid Environment For Real-Time Multiplayer Online Games

    • Radu Prodan, Vlad Nae, Thomas Fahringer, Sergei Gorlatch, Frank Glinka, Alexander Ploß et al.
    Pages 225-236

About this book

Grid Computing: Achievements and Prospects, the 9th edited volume of the CoreGRID series, includes selected papers from the CoreGRID Integration Workshop, held April 2008 in Heraklion-Crete, Greece. This event brings together representatives of the academic and industrial communities performing Grid research in Europe. The workshop was organized in the context of the CoreGRID Network of Excellence in order to provide a forum for the presentation and exchange of views on the latest developments in grid technology research.

Grid Computing: Achievements and Prospects is designed for a professional audience, composed of researchers and practitioners in industry. This volume is also suitable for graduate-level students in computer science.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut fuer Informatik, University of Münster, Germany

    Sergei Gorlatch

  • Department of Applied Informatics and Multimedia, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece

    Paraskevi Fragopoulou

  • IRISA / INRIA Rennes, France

    Thierry Priol

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