Grid architectures, which are viewed as tools for the integration of distributed resources, play a significant role as both managers of computational resources but also as aggregators of measurement instrumentation and pervasive large-scale data acquisition platforms. The functionality of a grid architecture allows managing, maintaining, and exploiting hetereogeneous instrumentation andacquisition devices in a unifed way by providing standardized interfaces and common work environments to their users. This result is achieved through the properties of isolation from the physical network and from the peculiarites of the isntrumentation granted by standard middleware together with secure and flexibile mechanisms which seek, access, and aggregate distributed resources. This book focuses on a number of aspects related to the effective exploitation of remote instrumentation on the grid. Includes metrological aspects such as synchronization, calibration, and measurement accuracy Considers wireless sensornetworks as large-scale, pervasive acquisition devices Focuses on the instrumental resources aspect of grid architectures INDICE: Grid Architectures with Real-Time Control.- Grid Middleware Extensions for Remote Control of Instruments and Devices.- Resource Management.- Distributed Synchronization and Calibration.- Workflow Management for Large-ScaleExperiments.- Visualization Techniques.- Distributed Data Acquisition and Sensor Networks.- Management of Large Data Sets.- Mobile and Wireless Grids.- Management of Large-Scale Physics Experiments.- Networking Solutions in Support of Grid Architectures.- Reliability and Fault Tolerance.- Supporting Interactive Applications in the Grid Environment.- Collaborative Environments for the Grid.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-09662-9
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 600
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés