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.
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 l...
Designed for senior undergraduate and first-year graduate students, Grid Computing: Techniques and Applications shows professors how to teach this subject in a practical way. Extensively classroom-tested, it covers job submission and scheduling, Grid security, Grid computing services and software tools, graphical user interfaces, workflow editors, and Grid-enabling applications. The book begins with an introduction that discusses the use of a Grid computing Web-based portal. It then examines the underlying action of job submission using a command-line interface and the use of a job...
Designed for senior undergraduate and first-year graduate students, Grid Computing: Techniques and Applications shows professors how to teach this sub...