A philosophical and technical comparison of Legion and Globus

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-254

  Grimshaw, A S ^a   Humphrey, M A ^a   Natrajan, A ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b Avaki Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; MIDDLEWARE; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SUPERCOMPUTERS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

GLOBUS; GRID COMPUTING; LEGION; VIRTUAL OPERATING SYSTEM;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 2442694382     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.482.0233     Document Type: Article

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