Virtual Data System on distributed virtual machines in computational grids

International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 194-204

  Wang, Lizhe ^a   von Laszewski, Gregor ^a   Tao, Jie ^b   Kunze, Marcel ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

grid computing; grid workflow system; high energy physics application; virtual machine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969452357     PISSN: 17438225     EISSN: 17438233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAHUC.2010.035532     Document Type: Article

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