SchedSP: a Grid‐based application service provider of scheduling solutions

In this paper, SchedSP, a middleware framework for providing scheduling solutions as services over the Internet, is presented. Emphasis is given on creating a reusable framework that facilitates the development of specialized clients for the input, output and control interfaces of the various scheduling applications. SchedSP manages the task of preparing and running the required processes and allows the application interface developer to focus on the functionality and efficiency of the interface. The Internet‐based scheduling applications created are competitive in all aspects with traditional locally executed applications. In this paper, detailed architecture and implementation details of the SchedSP framework prototype are presented. In addition, the methodology for creating specific case studies based on the SchedSP middleware framework is presented. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.