Introduction to Grid Computing

by Frederic Magoules, Jie Pan, Kiat-An Tan, Abhinit Kumar

Overview

A Thorough Overview of the Next Generation in ComputingPoised to follow in the footsteps of the Internet, grid computing is on the verge of becoming more robust and accessible to the public in the near future. Focusing on this novel, yet already powerful, technology, Introduction to Grid Computing explores state-of-the-art grid projects, core grid

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040207352
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	03/27/2009
Series:	Chapman & Hall/CRC Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	334
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Magoules, Frederic; Pan, Jie; Tan, Kiat-An; Kumar, Abhinit

Table of Contents

Introduction to Grid Computing. Data Management. Grid Scheduling and Information Services. Security in Grid Computing. Grid Middleware. Architectural Overview of Grid Projects. Monte Carlo Method. Partial Differential Equations. Appendices. Glossary. Index.

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From the Publisher

The book illustrates the state-of-the-art technologies and research activities in the field of Grid computing. … a number of Grid applications are carefully treated. … Written in a tutorial style, the book can be successfully used as support for Grid computing lectures. Particularly useful are in this direction the three annexes giving details about the two most popular Grid middleware systems, Globus Toolkit and gLite.
—Zentralblatt MATH 1167

Editorial Reviews

The book illustrates the state-of-the-art technologies and research activities in the field of Grid computing. … a number of Grid applications are carefully treated. … Written in a tutorial style, the book can be successfully used as support for Grid computing lectures. Particularly useful are in this direction the three annexes giving details about the two most popular Grid middleware systems, Globus Toolkit and gLite.
—Zentralblatt MATH 1167

From the Publisher