Ibis: A flexible and efficient Java-based Grid programming environment

Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1079-1107

  Van Nieuwpoort, Rob V ^a   Maassen, Jason ^a   Wrzesińska, Gosia ^a   Hofman, Rutger F H ^a   Jacobs, Ceriel J H ^a   Kielmann, Thilo ^a   Bal, Henri E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grid computing; Java; Performance; Portability

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTEROPERABILITY; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROGRAM COMPILERS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES; GRID COMPUTING; PORTABILITY;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 18444369274     PISSN: 15320626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpe.860     Document Type: Conference Paper

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