Using a Computational Grid for Geographic Information Analysis: A Reconnaissance.

High performance computing has undergone a radical transformation during the past decade. Though monolithic supercomputers continue to be built with significantly increased computing power, geographically distributed computing resources are now routinely linked using high-speed networks to address a...

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Publicado en:Professional Geographer Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 365 - 376
Autores principales: Armstrong, MarcP., Kathryn Cowles, Mary, Wang, Shaowen
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2005
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