Simplifying construction of complex workflows for non-expert users of the Southern California Earthquake Center Community Modeli

: Workflow systems often present the user with rich interfaces that express all the capabilities and complexities of the application programs and the computing environments that they support. However, non-expert users are better served with simple es that abstract away system complexities and still enable them to construct and execute complex workflows. To explore this idea, we have created a set of tools and interfaces that simplify the construction of workflows. Implemented as part of the Community Modeling Environment developed by the Southern California Earthquake Center, these tools, are integrated into a comprehensive workflow system that supports both domain experts as well as non expert users.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: SIGMOD
• Authors: Philip Maechling, Hans Chalupsky, Maureen Dougherty, Ewa Deelman, Yolanda Gil, Sridhar Gullapalli, Vipin Gupta, Carl Kesselman, Jihie Kim, Gaurang Mehta, Brian Mendenhall, Thomas A. Russ, Gurmeet Singh, Marc Spraragen, Garrick Staples, Karan Vahi
• Keywords: Complex Workflows, Database, Non Expert Users, SIGMOD 2005, Southern California Earthquake