Computational and data grids principles, applications, and design /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Preve, Nikolaos, 1979-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
• Subjects: Computational grids (Computer systems); Computer networks.; Grid computing; Meteorological assessment; Desktop grids; Volunteer computing systems; Grid access control models; Ontology matching; Grid scheduling; SOA; Cloud computing; Optimizing performance; Security standards; Social grid agents
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"This book provide relevant theoretical frameworks covering the latest empirical research findings in the area of grid computing, with a critical perspective bridging the gap between academia and the latest achievements of the computer industry"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Desktop grids and volunteer computing systems / Harold Enrique Castro Barrera, Edgar Eduardo Rosales Rosero and Mario José Villamizar Cano
• 2. A complementary approach to grid and cloud distributed computing paradigms / Mehdi Sheikhalishahi ... [et al.]
• 3. Grid, SOA and cloud computing: on-demand computing models / Mohamed El-Refaey and Bhaskar Prasad Rimal
• 4. Grid scheduling: methods, algorithms, and optimization techniques / Florin Pop
• 5. Grid data handling / Alexandru Costan
• 6. E-infrastructures for international cooperation / Giuseppe Andronico ... [et al.]
• 7. Architecturing resource aware sensor grid middleware: avoiding common errors in design, simulation, test and measurement / Philipp M. Glatz and Reinhold Weiss
• 8. Grid access control models and architectures / Antonios Gouglidis and Ioannis Mavridis
• 9. Grid computing for ontology matching / Axel Tenschert
• 10. Security standards and issues for grid computing / Athanasios Moralis ... [et al.]
• 11. Information security in data and storage grids through GS3 / Vincenzo Daniele Cunsolo ... [et al.]
• 12. Application of grid computing for meteorological assessment of wind and solar resources in Sub-Saharan African countries / Francis Xavier Ochieng
• 13. Adaptive grid services / Mark Anderson ... [et al.]
• 14. Enhancing the grid with multi-agent and semantic capabilities / Bastian Koller ... [et al.]
• 15. Flow-based networking architectures under mixed Internet and grid traffic / César Cárdenas, Maurice Gagnaire and Víctor López.