Homogeneous redundancy: A technique to ensure integrity of molecular simulation results using public computing

Proceedings - 19th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Taufer, M ^a,b,c,e   Anderson, D ^d,f   Cicotti, P ^b,g   Brooks III, C L ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Seientifi C Computation Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous Computing; Molecular Dynamics Simulations; Monte Carlo Simulations; Replication Techniques

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING; HOMOGENEOUS REDUNDANCY (HR); PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPLICATION TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY CONTROL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746293644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPDPS.2005.247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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