Overview

This guidebook on e-science presents real-world examples of practices and applications, demonstrating how a range of computational technologies and tools can be employed to build essential infrastructures supporting next-generation scientific research. Each chapter provides introductory material on core concepts and principles, as well as descriptions and discussions of relevant e-science methodologies, architectures, tools, systems, services and frameworks. Features: includes contributions from an international selection of preeminent e-science experts and practitioners; discusses use of mainstream grid computing and peer-to-peer grid technology for open research and resource sharing in scientific research; presents varied methods for data management in data-intensive research; investigates issues of e-infrastructure interoperability, security, trust and privacy for collaborative research; examines workflow technology for the automation of scientific processes; describes applications of e-science.

ISBN-13

9780857294401

ISBN-10

0857294407

Weight

1.74 Pounds

Dimensions

6.14 x 1.15 x 9.21 In

List Price

$24.99

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

568 pages

Publisher

Springer

Published On

2011-05-28



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