Artikel in Zeitschrift ART-2010-02

Bibliograph.
Daten
Sonntag, Mirko; Görlach, Katharina; Karastoyanova, Dimka; Leymann, Frank; Reiter, Michael: Process Space-based Scientific Workflow Enactment.
In: International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management (IJBPIM) Special Issue on Scientific Workflows, Vol 5, No. 1, pp. 32-44.
Universität Stuttgart, Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik.
S. 32-44, englisch.
Inderscience Publishers, April 2010.
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPIM.2010.033173.
Artikel in Zeitschrift.
CR-Klassif.H.4.1 (Office Automation)
H.3.4 (Information Storage and Retrieval Systems and Software)
KeywordsBPEL; Process Space; Scientific Workflow; Data References; Distributed System
Kurzfassung

In the scientific field, the workflow technology is often employed to conduct computer simulations or computer supported experiments. The underlying IT infrastructure typically comprises resources distributed among different institutes and organizations all over the world. Traditionally, workflows are executed on a single machine while the invoked software is accessed remotely. This approach imposes many drawbacks which are outlined in this paper. To address these weaknesses we investigate the application of decentralized workflow enactment in the scientific domain. In this context, we explore the employment of process spaces, a middleware for the decentralized execution of workflows. Furthermore, we propose the combination of process spaces with the concept of data references to increase the overall performance of distributed simulations based on workflows. The considerations are discussed with the help of a scenario that calculates and visualizes the ink diffusion in water over a period of time.

CopyrightMirko.Sonntag@iaas.uni-stuttgart.de
KontaktMirko.Sonntag@iaas.uni-stuttgart.de
Abteilung(en)Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Architektur von Anwendungssystemen
Projekt(e)SimTech
Eingabedatum4. Februar 2010
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