Abstract

Describes MW (Master-Worker) - a software framework that allows users to quickly and easily parallelize scientific computations using the master-worker paradigm on the Computational Grid. MW provides both a "top-level" interface to application software and a "bottom-level" interface to existing Grid computing toolkits. Both interfaces are briefly described. We conclude with a case study, where the necessary Grid services are provided by the Condor high-throughput computing system, and the MW-enabled application code is used to solve a combinatorial optimization problem of unprecedented complexity.

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Computer scienceGridGrid computingInterface (matter)SoftwareComputationDistributed computingThroughputCode (set theory)Computational scienceParallel computingOperating systemProgramming languageSet (abstract data type)

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2002
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43-50
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233
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Jean-Pierre Goux, S. B. Kulkarni, Jeff Linderoth et al. (2002). An enabling framework for master-worker applications on the Computational Grid. , 43-50. https://doi.org/10.1109/hpdc.2000.868633

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10.1109/hpdc.2000.868633