Grid Computing: Techniques and Applications

ISBN-13: 9781420069532 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 392 str.

Barry Wilkinson

Opis

Based on the author's own course, this textbook is designed for a first course on grid computing at the senior undergraduate and first-year graduate levels. Unlike other texts on the subject, this book includes a lecture structure and student programming assignments. It covers security concepts, schedulers, and work flow editors, along with various grid-enabling applications. The author also explains how to design both a system infrastructure and a grid portal. The supplementary website offers useful resources for instructors, including PowerPoint slides and software.

Spis treści

Introduction to Grid Computing. Job Submission. Schedulers. Security Concepts. Grid Security. System Infrastructure I: Web Services. System Infrastructure II: Grid Computing Services. User-Friendly Interfaces. Grid-Enabling Applications. Appendices. Glossary. Answers to Self-Assessment Questions. Index.

O autorze

Barry Wilkinson is a professor of computer science and the director of the computer science master’s program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.