Application Specification Language (ASL) - A language for describing applications in grid computing

4th International Conference on Grid Service Engineering and Management, GSEM 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 24-38

  Afgan, Enis ^a   Bangalore, Purushotham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Application specification; Grid; Language

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT; APPLICATION DEVELOPERS; APPLICATION SOFTWARES; COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURES; END-USERS; GENERAL APPLICATIONS; GRID; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; LANGUAGE; RUNTIMES;

SPECIFICATION LANGUAGES;

GRID COMPUTING;

EID: 62649101460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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