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Simulation and optimization tools are used to design and develop complex systems e.g. in technical or medical fields and generally require a huge hardware and software resources. Therefore grid computing offers a chance to use distributed resources. This paper describes an overall concept of a heterogeneous grid environment for simulation and optimization problems. The basic idea of this concept is that the application is described as an instantiation of a workflow. The grid middleware, especially resource management, has to be adapted to this workflow-based concept. Another aspect of our concept is a modular and recursive structure of the grid environment to achieve flexibility and scalability. The first reference application of this concept is a biomedical system for planning refractive surgery of a human eye and for simulating in ophthalmologic research. It is called “Virtual Eye”. Here, a prototype of this grid system shall be discussed.
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Halstenberg, S., Stucky, KU., Süß, W. (2004). A Grid Environment for Simulation and Optimization and a First Implementation of a Biomedical Application. In: Meersman, R., Tari, Z., Corsaro, A. (eds) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2004: OTM 2004 Workshops. OTM 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3292. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30470-8_24
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