Guide to e-science : next generation scientific research and discovery /
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Springer, c2011. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 538 p.) : ill. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Computer communications and networks |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8898209 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 538 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857294395 0857294393 |