—Large scale production grids are a major case for autonomic computing. Following the classical definition of Kephart, an autonomic computing system should optimize its own beha...
We present in this article a theoretical study and performance results about the impact of the Grid architecture on token-based mutual exclusion algorithms. To this end, both the o...
Several works on grid computing have been proposed in the last years. However, most of them, including available software, can not deal properly with some issues related to contro...
This paper describes the current status and programme of continued development and support for the UK’s National Grid Service (NGS). Through the activities presented in this pap...
The Globus Toolkit is properly configured open source software for setting up grid nodes across multiple heterogeneous platforms. The process of grid enabling a machine is a long ...