— Scientific applications often perform complex computational analyses that consume and produce large data sets. We are concerned with data placement policies that distribute dat...
Ann L. Chervenak, Ewa Deelman, Miron Livny, Mei-Hu...
Grid applications require allocating a large number of heterogeneous tasks to distributed resources. A good allocation is critical for efficient execution. However, many existing ...
James Blythe, S. Jain, Ewa Deelman, Yolanda Gil, K...
As the Web becomes a platform for implementing complex B2C and B2B applications, there is a need to extend Web conceptual modeling to process-centric applications. In this context,...
Marco Brambilla, Alin Deutsch, Liying Sui, Victor ...
Process descriptions are used in workflow and related systems to describe the flow of work and organisational responsibility in business processes, and to aid in coordination. How...
Paul Dourish, Richard Bentley, Rachel Jones, Allan...
Existing workflow management systems encapsulate the data and behavior of a process within its execution scope, preventing other processes from accessing this information until th...