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In this paper, we propose an approach to molecular simulation-based experiments which combines workflow management and grid computing techniques to address both the computing issue due to the challenging computation requirement from molecular simulation and the management issue due to distributed, heterogeneous computing platforms. We present a workflow management system customized for such experiments and explain how this workflow system can be integrated with computational grids.
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Jeong, K. et al. (2003). A Workflow Management and Grid Computing Approach to Molecular Simulation-based Bio/Nano Experiments. In: Sloot, P.M.A., Abramson, D., Bogdanov, A.V., Gorbachev, Y.E., Dongarra, J.J., Zomaya, A.Y. (eds) Computational Science — ICCS 2003. ICCS 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2660. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44864-0_116
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