In this paper the Northrhine-Westphalian metacomputing initiative is described. We start by discussing various general aspects of metacomputing and explain the reasons for founding...
abstract An imprecise probability distribution is an instance of second-order uncertainty, that is, uncertainty about uncertainty, or uncertainty for short. Another instance is an ...
Our research addresses two important problems that arise in modern large-scale distributed systems: (1) the necessity to virtualize their data flows by applying actions such as ï...
Radhika Niranjan, Ada Gavrilovska, Karsten Schwan,...
The global scenario put together by communication networks determines new opportunities towards the realization of Internetbased distributed services in many complex and composite...
Ever more scientists are employing large-scale distributed systems such as grids for their computational work, instead of tightly coupled high-performance computing systems. Howev...
Alexandru Iosup, Omer Ozan Sonmez, Shanny Anoep, D...