Title : 
Provenance for Computational Tasks: A Survey
         
        
            Author : 
Freire, Juliana ; Koop, David ; Santos, Emanuele ; Silva, Cláudio T.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The problem of systematically capturing and managing provenance for computational tasks has recently received significant attention because of its relevance to a wide range of domains and applications. The authors give an overview of important concepts related to provenance management, so that potential users can make informed decisions when selecting or designing a provenance solution.
         
        
            Keywords : 
data handling; computational tasks provenance; provenance management; Computational modeling; Computed tomography; Data visualization; Dictionaries; History; Information analysis; Laboratories; Production; Reproducibility of results; Software tools; VisTrails; data visualization; provenance;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Computing in Science & Engineering
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MCSE.2008.79