Open issues in grid performability

International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 3-12

  Jarvis, Stephen ^a   Thomas, Nigel ^b   van Moorsel, Aad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS; ITS APPLICATIONS; ORGANISATIONAL; PERFORMABILITY; PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES; USAGE SCENARIOS;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 50649102068     PISSN: 14738031     EISSN: 1473804X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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