DocumentCode
2724559
Title
Towards "Chemical" Desktop Grids
Author
Banâtre, Jean-Pierre ; Le Scouarnec, Nicolas ; Priol, Thierry ; Radenac, Yann
Author_Institution
INRIA/IRISA, Rennes
fYear
2007
fDate
10-13 Dec. 2007
Firstpage
135
Lastpage
142
Abstract
This paper introduces the application of an unconventional approach to Grid programming. The proposed programming model is based on the chemical metaphor for expressing coordination of large grain computations. A chemical program can be seen as a set of chemical reactions, representing computations, that transform a set of floating molecules, representing data, within a chemical solution until an inert solution is reached. This model is intrinsically parallel and possesses nice autonomic properties, which are expected for programming Grids. We illustrate this novel programming model with a simple ray-tracing application and describe an implementation in the context of Desktop Grids.
Keywords
grid computing; chemical desktop grids; chemical metaphor; grid programming; parallel model; programming model; ray tracing application; Application software; Chaos; Chemicals; Computer languages; Context modeling; Grid computing; Parallel programming; Programming profession; Quality of service; Ray tracing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
e-Science and Grid Computing, IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Bangalore
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-3064-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/E-SCIENCE.2007.77
Filename
4426881
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