The challenge of volunteer computing with lengthy climate model simulations

Proceedings - First International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing, e-Science 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 8-15

  Christensen, Carl ^a   Aina, Tolu ^a   Stainforth, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

CHECKPOINTING; CLIMATE MODEL; COMPUTER RESOURCES; DISK USAGE REQUIREMENTS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846317443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/E-SCIENCE.2005.76     Document Type: Conference Paper

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