Web-based framework for distributed computing
Zhikai Chen, Kurt J. Maly, Piyush Mehrotra, Praveen K. Vangala, Mohammad Zubair · Concurrency Practice and Experience · 1997
Parallel and distributed computing on a cluster of workstations is being increasingly applied to a variety of large size computational problems. Several software systems have been developed that make distributed computing available to an application programmer. However, these systems either are not Web-based or lack a collaborative environment. The increasing use of Web technology for Internet and Intranet applications is making the Web an attractive framework for solving distributed applications, in particular, because the interface can be made platform-independent. In this paper we describe JAVADC, a Web–Java-based framework for the execution of parallel SPMD applications which use PVM, pPVM and MPI. We also discuss the design of a collaborative, distributed computing environment, Arcade, focused on more general programming paradigms for multidisciplinary applications. Arcade is a Web-based integrated environment which provides support in all phases of the development of general multidisciplinary applications including the design, execution, monitoring and control of such applications. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.