The next generation Grid will demand the Grid middleware to provide flexibility, transparency, and reliability. This implies the appliance of service level agreements to guarantee...
Abstract In this paper, we propose the use of a distributed service management architecture for state-of-the-art service-enabled Grids. The architecture is capable of performing au...
Bruno Volckaert, Pieter Thysebaert, Marc De Leenhe...
Effective and efficient Quality of Service (QoS) management is critical for a service grid to meet the requirements of both grid users and service providers. We incorporate QoS man...
Current solutions to characterize grid computing usage are limited in three important aspects. First, they do not provide a global, uniform view of the use of infrastructures compr...
Glauco Antonio Ludwig, Luciano Paschoal Gaspary, G...
The importance of critical systems has been widely recognized and several efforts are devoted to integrate dependability requirements in their development process. Such efforts re...
Yudistira Asnar, Paolo Giorgini, Fabio Massacci, N...