Workflows for e-science: scientific workflows for grids

This is a timely book presenting an overview of the current state-of-the-art within established projects, presenting many different aspects of workflow from users to tool builders. It provides an overview of active research, from a number of different perspectives. It includes theoretical aspects of workflow and deals with workflow for e-Science as opposed to e-Commerce. The topics covered will be of interest to a wide range of practitioners. INDICE: From the contents.Introduction.- Scientific Versus Business Workflow.- Applications and User Perspectives.- Generating Complex Astronomy Workflows.- Workflows in Pulsar Astronomy.- Workflow and Biodiversity e-Science.- Ecological Niche Modeling Using the Kepler Workflow System.- Case Studies on the Use of Workflow Technologies for Scientific Analysis.- Dynamic Adaptive Workflows for Mesoscale Meteorology.- SCEC CyberShake Workflows.- Workflow Representations and Common Structure.- Control versus Data Driven Workflow.- ComponentsArchitectures and Services.- Petri Nets.- Adapting BPEL to Scientific Workflows.- Workflow Composition.- Virtual Data Language.- Frameworks and Tools.- Workflow Level Parametric Study Support by MOTEUR and the P_GRADE portal.- Taverna / myGrid.- The Triana Workflow Environment.- Java CoG Kit Workflow.- Workflow Management in Condor.- Pegasus.- ICENI.- Expressing Workflow in the Cactus Framework.- Sedna.- ASKALON.- Future Requirements.- Looking into the Future of Workflows.

• ISBN: 978-1-84996-619-1
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 31/07/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés