Introduction to Grid Technology

Author: Gui Xiaolin
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Grid technology is an emerging information technology in recent years, representing the third wave of technological advancement following Internet and Web technologies. This book systematically introduces the basic concepts, methods, and technologies of grid technology by combining the latest developments in grid computing and grid information technology both domestically and internationally. It explains the background and objectives of grid technology, its fundamental concepts and characteristics, its development history, its architecture (including OGSA and OGSI), the basic working principles of major members of the grid family (including P2P, Semantic Web, Ontology, Intelligent Agents, and Content Distribution Grids), as well as grid computing technology (including grid parallel computing and scientific computing), grid communication technology, grid application scheduling technology, grid security technology, and grid information service technology. Additionally, it introduces the construction methods of grid systems, as well as the architecture, installation process, and usage methods of typical grid systems such as Globus, Legion, and NetSolve. The book is written in a vivid and highly readable style, making it particularly suitable as a graduate textbook for computer science and related disciplines. It can also serve as a selective course textbook for senior undergraduate students and as a reference book for researchers and developers engaged in high-performance computing and intelligent information processing for teaching and scientific research.