Managing service level agreement contracts in OGSA-based Grids

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 245-258

  Litke, Antonios ^a   Konstanteli, Kleopatra ^a   Andronikou, Vassiliki ^a   Chatzis, Sotirios ^a   Varvarigou, Theodora ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Execution management services; Open Grid services architecture; Service level agreement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SCALABILITY; UTILITY PROGRAMS;

CONTRACTUAL TERMS; EXECUTION MANAGEMENT SERVICE; OPEN GRID SERVICES ARCHITECTURE; SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 36048975697     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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