Flood modelling for cities using Cloud computing

Journal of Cloud Computing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Glenis, Vassilis ^a   McGough, Andrew Stephen ^a   Kutija, Vedrana ^a   Kilsby, Chris ^a   Woodman, Simon ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Flood modelling; Parameter sweep execution; Task execution

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

COMPUTATIONAL PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY; FLOOD MODELLING; PARAMETER SWEEP EXECUTION; PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; TASK EXECUTIONS; URBAN FLOOD MODELLING;

FLOODS;

EID: 84926426309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2192113X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-113X-2-7     Document Type: Article

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