WS-VLAM: towards a scalable workflow system on the grid

Large scale scientific applications require extensive support from middleware and frameworks that provide the capabilities for distributed execution in the Grid environment. In particular, one of the examples of such frameworks is a Grid-enabled workflow management system. In this paper we present WS-VLAM workflow management system, describe its current design and the developments targeting to support efficient and scalable execution of large workflow applications on the Grid.

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