Abstract— In order to efficiently use Grid resources, users or middlewares must use some network information, and in particular some knowledge of the platform network. As such kn...
Data Grids provide transparent access to heterogeneous and autonomous data resources. The main contribution of this paper is the presentation of a data sharing system that (i) is ...
This paper presents a method to optimize the timeout value of computing jobs. It relies on a model of the job execution time that considers the job management system latency throu...
Grid applications need efficient access to information about available resources and services. Typically, this access is provided by information services that are often organized ...
We study two problems directly resulting from organizational decentralization of the Grid. Firstly, the problem of fair scheduling in systems in which the grid scheduler has compl...