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...
Task scheduling is an integrated component of computing. With the emergence of grid and ubiquitous computing, newer challenges have arisen in task scheduling. Unlike traditional p...
Resource reservations in advance are a mature concept for the allocation of various resources, particularly in grid environments. Common grid toolkits such as Globus support advanc...
Most of the current security architectures for grid systems use conventional public key infrastructure (PKI) to authenticate grid members and to secure resource allocation to thes...
Instruments and sensors are the primary sources of data driving science and the development and refinement of theory. A critical component of eresearch yet to be clarified is the ...
Donald F. McMullen, Ian M. Atkinson, Kenneth Chiu,...