Accelerating parameter sweep workflows by utilizing ad-hoc network computing resources: An ecological example

SERVICES 2009 - 5th 2009 World Congress on Services

Volumn , Issue PART 1, 2009, Pages 267-274

  Wang, Jianwu ^a   Altintas, Ilkay ^a   Hosseini, Parviez R ^b   Barseghian, Derik ^c   Crawl, Daniel ^a   Berkley, Chad ^c   Jones, Matthew B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENTS; DISTRIBUTED EXECUTION; EXECUTION PERFORMANCE; MASTER-SLAVE; MASTER-SLAVE ARCHITECTURE; SCIENTIFIC WORKFLOWS; TIME EFFICIENCIES; WORK-FLOWS; WORKFLOW EXECUTION;

AD HOC NETWORKS; COMPUTER SCIENCE;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 72849120252     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SERVICES-I.2009.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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