A resource broker with an efficient network information model on grid environments

This paper describes a resource broker whose main function is to match available resources to user needs. The resource broker provides a uniform interface for accessing available and appropriate resources via user credentials. We also focus on providing approximate measurement models for network-related information using NWS for future scheduling and benchmarking. We first propose a network measurement model for gathering network-related information (including bandwidth, latency, forecasting, error rates, etc.) without generating excessive system overhead. Second, we constructed a grid platform using Globus Toolkit that integrates the resources of five schools in Taichung integrated grid environment resources (TIGER). The resource broker runs on top of TIGER. Therefore, it provides security and current information about available resources and serves as a link to the diverse systems available in the Grid.

Resource brokering using a multi‐site resource allocation strategy for computational grids

Grid computing employs heterogeneous resources which may be installed on different platforms, hardware/software, computer architectures, and perhaps using different computer languages to solve large‐scale computational problems. As many more Grids are being developed worldwide, the number of multi‐institutional collaborations is growing rapidly. However, to realize Grid computing's full potential, it is expected that Grid participants must be able to share one another's resources. This paper presents a resource broker that employs the multi‐site resource allocation (MSRA) strategy and the dynamic domain‐based network information model that we propose to allocate Grid resources to submitted jobs, where the Grid resources may be dispersed at different sites, and owned and governed by different organizations or institutes. The jobs and resources may also belong to different clusters/sites. Resource statuses collected by the Ganglia, and network bandwidths gathered by the Network Weather Service, are both considered in the proposed scheduling approach. A dynamic domain‐based model for network information measurement is also proposed to choose the most appropriate resources that meet the jobs' execution requirements. Experimental results show that MSRA outperformed the other tested strategies. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于NWS BREACH的唐家山堰塞坝泄流过程模拟

NWS BREACH模型是目前国内外模拟土石坝或堰塞坝漫顶及管涌破坏最常用的数学模型。基于唐家山堰塞坝的实测资料,建立了唐家山堰塞坝漫顶泄流过程数学模型,并通过现场监测得到的流量过程和库水位变化资料验证了所建立模型的合理性。对模型中的重要参数进行了敏感性分析,研究了坝料平均粒径、冲蚀率、下游坝坡坡比3个参数对模型计算结果的影响,表明坝料冲蚀率和下游坝坡坡比对泄流过程影响显著。研究成果对堰塞坝除险和洪水风险评估具有指导意义。     

基于Agent技术的P2P网格中间件的设计方案

网格计算是下一代互联网的应用模式,网格中间件是网格系统的核心.该文通过对网格计算本质的探讨提出了网格中间件的设计准则,并依照此准则提出了一种新颖的采用P2P技术的基于Agent的网格中间件实现,满足了网格计算对于自适应性、可扩展性和用户Pervasive接入的需求.