WebCom-G: A candidate middleware for Grid-Ireland

International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 409-422

  Morrison, J P ^a   Coghlan, B ^b   Shearer, A ^c   Foley, S ^a   Power, D ^a   Perrott, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grid; Grid Operating System; Middleware; WebCom G

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING MODEL; GRID MIDDLEWARE; GRID OPERATING SYSTEM; TASK ALLOCATION; TASK SYNCHRONISATION;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MIDDLEWARE;

EID: 33746764371     PISSN: 10943420     EISSN: 17412846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094342006067475     Document Type: Article

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