Grid systems follow a new paradigm of distributed computing that enables the coordination
of resources and services that are not subject to centralized control, can dynamically join …

In this paper, we address non-preemptive online scheduling of parallel jobs on a Grid. Our
Grid consists of a large number of identical processors that are divided into several …

In this paper we address a multicriteria scheduling problem for computational Grid systems.
We focus on the two-level hierarchical Grid scheduling problem, in which at the first level …

The workload management task of the DataGrid project was mandated to define and
implement a suitable architecture for distributed scheduling and resource management in a …

The service oriented model is the emerging approach adopted by Web and Grid services
where parties act as service requestors and service providers. A meaningful aspect to …

The Logging and Bookkeeping service tracks job passing through the Grid. It collects
important events generated by both the grid middleware components and applications, and …

The service oriented model is the emerging approach adopted by Web and grid services
where parties act as service requestors and service providers. An aspect to consider is …

In the context of the progressive incarnation of Grid systems in terms of a Service Oriented
Architecture, it is essential to improve the automatic evaluation and selection of Grid …

A group-based network architecture provides many benefits for the whole network
increasing the content availability, providing fault tolerance and giving more scalability …

Resource brokering in Grids is nowadays handled by resource brokers that require detailed
knowledge of the state of the resources that they broker. In business settings, surrendering …