Research Article

A component-based middleware framework for configurable and reconfigurable Grid computing

  1. Geoff Coulson1,*,
  2. Paul Grace1,
  3. Gordon Blair1,
  4. Wei Cai1,
  5. Chris Cooper2,
  6. David Duce2,
  7. Laurent Mathy1,
  8. Wai Kit Yeung1,
  9. Barry Porter1,
  10. Musbah Sagar2,
  11. Wei Li2

Article first published online: 17 NOV 2005

DOI: 10.1002/cpe.981

Issue

Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience

Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience

Special Issue: First International Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Next-generation GRID (ETNGRID 2004)

Volume 18, Issue 8, pages 865–874, July 2006

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Coulson, G., Grace, P., Blair, G., Cai, W., Cooper, C., Duce, D., Mathy, L., Yeung, W. K., Porter, B., Sagar, M. and Li, W. (2006), A component-based middleware framework for configurable and reconfigurable Grid computing. Concurrency Computat.: Pract. Exper., 18: 865–874. doi: 10.1002/cpe.981

Author Information

  1. 1

    Computing Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YR, U.K.

  2. 2

    Department of Computing, Oxford Brookes University, U.K.

*Computing Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YR, U.K.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 MAY 2006
  2. Article first published online: 17 NOV 2005
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 20 FEB 2005
  4. Manuscript Revised: 30 JAN 2005
  5. Manuscript Received: 20 NOV 2004

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Keywords:

  • Grid middleware;
  • components;
  • reflection;
  • overlay networks

Abstract

Significant progress has been made in the design and development of Grid middleware which, in its present form, is founded on Web services technologies. However, we argue that present-day Grid middleware is severely limited in supporting projected next-generation applications which will involve pervasive and heterogeneous networked infrastructures, and advanced services such as collaborative distributed visualization. In this paper we discuss a new Grid middleware framework that features (i) support for advanced network services based on the novel concept of pluggable overlay networks, (ii) an architectural framework for constructing bespoke Grid middleware platforms in terms of ‘middleware domains’ such as extensible interaction types and resource discovery. We believe that such features will become increasingly essential with the emergence of next-generation e-Science applications. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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