Design and implementation of network performance aware applications using SAGA and cactus

Proceedings - e-Science 2007, 3rd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 143-150

  Jha, Shantenu ^a,b   Kaiser, Hartmut ^a   El Khamra, Yaakoub ^a   Weidner, Ole ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT BASED FRAMEWORK; DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURE; E SCIENCES; HETEROGENEOUS RESOURCES; HIGH LEVEL PROGRAMMING; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; NETWORK PERFORMANCES; PROGRAMMING ABSTRACTIONS; PROOF-OF-CONCEPT (POC); SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; USE CASES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; HEALTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; MODAL ANALYSIS; MULTITASKING; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 44949092292     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/E-SCIENCE.2007.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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