Language and Runtime Support for Automatic Configuration and Deployment of Scientific Computing Software over Cloud Fabrics

Journal of Grid Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-46

  Bunch, Chris ^a   Drawert, Brian ^a   Chohan, Navraj ^a   Krintz, Chandra ^a   Petzold, Linda ^a   Shams, Khawaja ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud platform; Domain specific language; Service placement

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT; APPLICATION EXECUTION; AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION; CLOUD SYSTEMS; COMPUTING SYSTEM; DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGES; LOCK-IN; MAP-REDUCE; NEPTUNE; RUNTIME SUPPORT; SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING APPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SOFTWARE; SCIENTIFIC SOFTWARES; SERVICE PLACEMENT;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELASTICITY; PROBLEM ORIENTED LANGUAGES;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84859749168     PISSN: 15707873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10723-012-9213-8     Document Type: Article

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