Overview

This book presents common techniques used in numerous models, algorithms, and tools developed during the last decade to implement desktop grid computing.

Techniques and Applications

These techniques enable the solution of many important sub-problems for middleware design, including scheduling, data management, security, load balancing, result certification, and fault tolerance.

Chapter Content

Each chapter presents the sub-problems, discusses theoretical and practical issues, offers details about implementation and experiments, and includes references to further reading and notes.