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Triana Applications within Grid Computing and Peer to Peer Environments

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An overview of the Triana Problem Solving Environment is provided – with a particular focus on the GAP application-level interface, for integration with Grid Computing and Peer-to-Peer infrastructure. GAP is a Java-based subset of the Grid Application Toolkit interface (being implemented in the GridLab project), and an outline of its current functionality, usage and mappings to three supported underlying middleware derivatives: JXTA, Web Services, and P2PS (a simplified Peer-to-Peer platform) are provided. The motivation behind the development of P2PS is given – emphasising its minimal, but effective Peer-to-Peer mechanisms that allow scalable, decentralized discovery and communication amongst cooperating P2PS peers within highly unstable environments. A summary of three application use cases illustrating the range of scenarios that such a system addresses is also provided.

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    Ian Taylor

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  3. School of Computer Science, Cardiff University, UK

    Omer Rana

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Taylor, I., Shields, M., Wang, I. et al. Triana Applications within Grid Computing and Peer to Peer Environments. Journal of Grid Computing 1, 199–217 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:GRID.0000024074.63139.ce

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