Grid computing and molecular simulations: The vision of the eMinerals project

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 297-301

  Dove, M T ^a   De Leeuw, N H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eScience; Grid computing; Monte Carlo simulations; Virtual organization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; METADATA; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

E-SCIENCE; GRID COMPUTING; SIMULATION CODES; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 20544452323     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020500065801     Document Type: Article

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