Challenges in executing large parameter sweep studies across widely distributed computing environments

Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Workshop on Challenges of Large Applications in Distributed Environments, CLADE'07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 11-18

  Walker, Edward ^a   Guiang, Chona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster computing; Resource management; Workflow

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; USER INTERFACES;

CLUSTER COMPUTING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548237346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1273404.1273411     Document Type: Article

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