Brokering of risk-aware service level agreements in grids

Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1558-1582

  Djemame, K ^a   Padgett, J ^a   Gourlay, I ^a   Armstrong, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brokering service; grid computing; risk management; service level agreements

Indexed keywords

GRID COMPUTING; OUTSOURCING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ASSESSMENT MECHANISM; BROKERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL SECTOR; GRID RESOURCE; GRID TECHNOLOGIES; SERVICE CONSUMERS; SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT (SLAS); SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80051798504     PISSN: 15320626     EISSN: 15320634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpe.1721     Document Type: Article

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