BYG: An approach to just-in-time gridification of conventional java applications

Advances in Parallel Computing

Volumn 17, Issue , 2009, Pages 232-260

  Mateos, Cristian ^a,b   Zunino, Alejandro ^a,b   Campo, Marcelo ^a,b   Trachsel, Ramiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Grid computing; Grid middlewares; gridification; Java bytecode; just in time computing; legacy programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906562044     PISSN: 09275452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-004-9-232     Document Type: Article

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