OptorSim: A grid simulator for studying dynamic data replication strategies

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 403-416

  Bell, William H ^a   Cameron, David G ^a   Capozza, Luigi ^b   Millar, A Paul ^a   Stockinger, Kurt ^c   Zini, Floriano ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d ITC IRST   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grid computing; Replica optimization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA MINING; DATA PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION;

DATA SETS; GRID COMPUTING;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 0344945393     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10943420030174005     Document Type: Article

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