ABSTRACT
Contents 8.1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 174 8.2Computing Environments........................................................................ 174
8.2.1Institutional Grid..........................................................................175 8.2.2Cloud Computing........................................................................178 8.2.3Volunteer Computing...................................................................180 8.2.4Comparison of the Di–erent Platforms.........................................182
8.3Application Perspectives...........................................................................183 8.3.1Highly Parallel Applications.........................................................184 8.3.2Tightly Coupled Application........................................................185 8.3.3Scientic Work¦ows.....................................................................186
8.4Discussion................................................................................................ 191 8.5Conclusions.............................................................................................. 191 References.........................................................................................................196
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