Grid Computing for Electromagnetics
Today, more and more practitioners, researchers, and students are utilizing the power and efficiency of grid computing for their increasingly complex electromagnetics applications. This cutting-edge book offers you the practical and comprehensive guidance you need to use this new approach to superco...
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| Format: | E-Book Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Boston
Artech
2004
Artech House |
| Ausgabe: | 1 |
| Schriftenreihe: | Artech House electromagnetic analysis series |
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| ISBN: | 1580537774, 9781580537773, 9781580537780, 1580537782 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Grid Computing for Electromagnetics -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Grid Computing: What Is It? -- Grid Computing: Who Is Who? -- Grid Computing: An Opportunity for Electromagnetics Research -- How to Read This Book -- A Final Note -- 1 General Concepts on Grids -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Parallel and Distributed Architectures -- 1.3 Parallel and Distributed Topologies -- 1.4 Parallel and Distributed Programming -- 1.5 Performance Assessment -- 1.6 Web Computing -- 1.7 Computational Grids -- 1.8 Conclusions -- 2 Enabling Technologies and Dedicated Tools -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Enabling Technologies: Object Orientation -- 2.3 Dedicated Tools: Grid Middleware -- 2.4 The Globus Toolkit: An Overview -- 2.5 The Globus Toolkit: The Globus Security Infrastructure -- 2.6 The Globus Toolkit: The Resource Management Pillar -- 2.7 The Globus Toolkit: The Information Services Pillar -- 2.8 The Globus Toolkit: The Data Management Pillar -- 2.9 The Globus Toolkit API -- 2.10 The MPI with Globus -- 2.11 Dedicated Tools: Economy-Driven RM in Grids -- 2.12 Web-Based Technologies and Projects -- 2.13 Grid-Enabled HTC: Condor-G -- 3 Building Up a Grid -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Recalling Globus Basic Concepts -- 3.3 Setting Up the Environment -- 3.4 Globus Installation -- 3.5 Globus Configuration -- 3.6 Services Start Up -- 3.7 Introducing a New User to the Grid -- 3.8 Globus-Relevant Commands to Use the Grid -- 3.9 Developing Grid-Enabled Applications -- 3.10 Message Passing in a Grid Framework -- 3.11 Summary and Conclusions -- 4 Applications: FDTD with MPI in Grid Environments -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The FDTD Approach: Theoretical Background -- 4.3 Parallel FDTD -- 4.4 Migration Toward Computational Grids -- 4.5 Numerical Performance -- 4.6 Remarkable Achievements -- 4.7 Conclusions -- 5 CAE of Aperture-Antenna Arrays -- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Numerical Techniques for the Analysis of Flange-Mounted Rectangular Apertures -- 5.3 A Tool for the CAE of Rectangular Aperture Antenna Arrays -- 5.4 Parallel CAE of Aperture Arrays -- 5.5 Migration Toward Grid Environments -- 5.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- 6 Wireless Radio Base Station Networks -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Foundations of Cellular Systems -- 6.3 Key Factors for Current and Future Wireless Communications -- 6.4 Planning Wireless Networks -- 6.5 An Integrated System for Optimum Wireless Network Planning -- 6.6 A Candidate Architecture for an Effective ISNOP -- 6.7 GC and Its Role in the ISNOP -- 6.8 Wireless Network Planning with GC -- 6.9 Conclusions -- 7 Conclusions and Future Trends -- 7.1 GC: Benefits and Limitations -- 7.2 GC Trends -- Appendix A: Useful UNIX/Linux Hints -- A.1 UNIX/Linux Operating System: An Overview -- A.2 UNIX/Linux: The Architecture -- A.3 The File System -- A.4 Processes -- A.5 Administration -- A.6 The Shell -- Appendix B: Foundations of Cryptography and Security -- B.1 Introduction -- B.2 Confidentiality and Cryptography -- B.3 Digital Signature -- B.4 Certificates and Certification Authorities -- Appendix C: Foundations for Electromagnetic Theory -- C.1 Maxwell's Equations in the Time Domain -- C.2 Helmholtz and Dispersion Equations -- C.3 TE and TM Modes -- C.4 Fourier Representation of Green's Functions -- C.5 The Far-Field Approximation -- Appendix D: List of Useful Web Sites -- List of Useful Websites -- Glossary -- List of Acronyms -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index