Dünnweber, Jan:
ISBN 9783899597509

Higher-Order Components for Web-Enabled Grid Applications # Pb., 226 S., 93 Abb., davon 44 in Farbe, 3 Tab.

SCHLAGWORTE:
Grid Computing
Software Components
Parallel Programming
Distributed Processing

Many recent research projects aim at a decentralized, Internet-wide infrastructure like the grid as the target platform. Example applications are crash test simulations or climate research. Grid programmers demand novel programming methodologies abstracting over technical details, while conserving the beneficial features of modern middleware. For this purpose, Higher-Order Components (HOCs) are introduced in this book. HOCs are software components that accept as parameters, supplied via the Internet, not only data but also application-specific code (thus, the name higher-order). HOCs implement generic parallel/distributed processing patterns, including the required middleware support, thus offering their users a high-level service interface. Users only have to provide the application-specific pieces of their programs as parameters, while low-level concerns, such as the transfer of data across heterogeneous hard- and software, are handled by the HOCs. Case studies in biology and engineering are conducted using Java and C/C++ programs. This book also reports on performance experiments on grid testbeds with worldwide distribution.

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