GrADSolve - A grid-based RPC system for parallel computing with application-level scheduling

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 774-783

  Vadhiyar, Sathish S ^a   Dongarra, Jack J ^b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application level scheduling; Data staging; Execution traces; GrADSolve; Grid; RPC

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA HANDLING; DATA TRANSFER; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

APPLICATION LEVEL SCHEDULING; DATA STAGING; EXECUTION TRACES; GRADSOLVE; GRID; REMOTE PROCEDURE CALL (RPC);

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 10844239007     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpdc.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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