In this paper we sketch a framework supporting contract enactment within the context of virtual organisation units that are dynamically created in order to achieve a common object...
Theodosis Dimitrakos, Ivan Djordjevic, Zoran Milos...
—Efficient management of massive data sets is a key aspect in typical grid and e-science applications. To this end, the benefits of employing database technologies in such appl...
Grid computing is becoming an important framework for enabling applications to utilize widely distributed collections of computational and data resources, however current grid sof...
Paul D. Coddington, Lici Lu, Darren Webb, Andrew L...
Grid middleware is enabling resource sharing between computing centres across the world and sites with existing clusters are eager to connect to the Grid. However, the hardware re...
Stephen Childs, Brian A. Coghlan, David O'Callagha...
Power transformers' failures carry great costs to electric companies since they need resources to recover from them and to perform periodical maintenance. To avoid this probl...