Collaborative grid infrastructure for molecular simulations: The eMinerals minigrid as a prototype integrated compute and data grid

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 303-313

  Calleja, M ^a   Bruin, R ^a   Tucker, M G ^a   Dove, M T ^a   Tyer, R ^b   Blanshard, L ^b   Kleese Van Dam, K ^b   Allan, R J ^b   Chapman, C ^c   Emmerich, W ^c   Wilson, P ^c   Brodholt, J ^c   Thandavan, A ^d   Alexandrov, V N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condor; E science; Eminerals; Grid computing; Storage resource broker; Virtual organization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA TRANSFER; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONDOR; E-SCIENCE; EMINERALS; GRID COMPUTING; STORAGE RESOURCE BROCKER; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 20544475040     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020500067195     Document Type: Article

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