Cloud computing for small research groups in computational science and engineering: Current status and outlook

Computing (Vienna/New York)

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-91

  Truong, Hong Linh ^a   Dustdar, Schahram ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Computational science and engineering; Infrastructure as a service; Platform as a service; Programming support; Software as a service

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGS; INFRASTRUCTURE-AS-A-SERVICE; PLATFORM-AS-A-SERVICE; PROGRAMMING SUPPORT; SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MODELS; RESEARCH;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 79751517234     PISSN: 0010485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00607-010-0120-1     Document Type: Article

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